Re: [mascagni-interest] Vestilia

[Erik Bruchez]

All,

It is worth noting also that the libretto for Vistilia was actually
published around 1900.

The authors are Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, the
librettists of Cavalleria Rusticana, L'amico Fritz, I Rantzau and
Zanetto (Targioni-Tozzetti also wrote the libretti of Silvano,
Pinotta, Nerone, the Italian version of Amica, and helped on Il
piccolo Marat).

Best,

-Erik

Remo Nannetti wrote:
> Dear Mr.Mucci,
>
> "Vistilia" (this is the correct spelling)was a play or libretto (I am not
> sure which) by the Italian writer Rocco De' Zerbi (1848-1894) which Mascagni
> considered setting as early as 1889. The play/libretto, subtitled "scene
> tiberiane", is a historical drama set in Roman times. Mascagni seems to have
> worked sporadically on it during the 1890's; after "Le Maschere" appeared in
> 1901 he once again became interested in the subject, but by 1903 he seems to
> have given up on it. The interesting thing about "Vistilia" is that Mascagni
> salvaged a lot of music from it and reused it in "Nerone". There are several
> references to "Vistilia" in Mascagni's letters, but it would seem that at
> some point either the composer or Sonzogno announced to the Italian press
> that this opera would soon appear - this would explain its presence in the
> caricature.
>
> Hope this is of interest!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Remo Nannetti

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