[mascagni-interest] Latest Mascagni news

[Erik Bruchez]

Dear list,

A few news have been piling up in in the last few weeks. I copy below
the text of the latest additions to the News section, that you can
also find online at http://www.mascagni.org/news/.
1. Concert of Inédits in March

   The society Milano Classica will dedicate a day to the performance
   of unpublished Mascagni works. The program includes, in the
   morning, two symphonies (in F major and C minor), recovered by
   Franco Gallini; and in the afternoon, a roundtable about Mascagni's
   symphonic and chamber music, followed by the performance of the
   following pieces:
    * Symphony in F major (version for two pianos)
    * Canzone militare
    * Canzone amorosa (for flute, violin, cello and piano, found by
      Orselli at the Conservatory of Florence)
    * Serenatella for mandoline and piano (which contains a melody
      that Mascagni later used in the Preludio of Guglielmo Ratcliff)
2. Publication of the Acts of the 2000 Convention

   The acts of the Mascagni Convention held in Livorno on December 7,
   2000 (Mascagni's birthday) have finally been published in the
   magazine Civiltà musicale number 47/47. The 160-page volume
   contains the following essays:
    * Maledettismo di Mascagni, by Marzio Pieri
    * Mascagni e Tozzi, by Marco Marchi
    * Vicende di una giovanile cantata: da "In filanda" a "Pinotta"
      1883 e 1932, by Cesare Orselli
    * La musica vocale di Mascagni, by Fabio De Sanctis De Benedicti
    * L'afflato religioso nella musica di Pietro Mascagni, by Fulvio
      Venturi
    * Hall Caine e "The Eternal City", by Matteo Sansone
    * Il verista Mascagni si mette al pianoforte, by Cesare Orselli
    * Intorno al giapponesismo di "Iris", by Eleonora Negri
    * L'enigma dei due finali di "Isabeau", by Carlo Botteghi
    * Discografia dell'altro Mascagni, by Attilio Lolini
    * Ascolti e Letture, by Francesco Ermini Polacci e Riccardo
      A. Luciani
3. The Centro Studi Mascagnani has just published the second album of
   Mascagni songs, editions Boccaccini & Spada, under the supervision
   of Cesare Orselli. The album contains the following songs:
    * Ballata medievale
    * M'ama...non m'ama
    * Risveglio
    * Sintomi d'amore
    * Allora ed ora
    * Sera d'ottobre (poesia di Giovanni Pascoli)
    * Serenata
    * A Lilia
    * L'addio di Palamidone
   Ballata medievale, on a text by Ezio Cappelli, was initially
   published in 1883 under the name Serenata ("Serenade", not to be
   confused with the famous Serenata from 1894, published many times
   and recorded among others by Di Stefano, Bergonzi, and Pavarotti)
   in L'ondina, a magazine of Livorno. Although listed in catalogs,
   the piece could not be found until Orselli found a manuscript copy
   at the Library of the Conservatory of Foggia. The Serenata was then
   renamed Ballata medievale.
4. Reopening of the Teatro Goldoni of Livorno

   The Goldoni Theatre of Livorno, Mascagni's hometown, is reopening
   its doors today, after a long and dedicated work of
   restauration. The Italian president, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, himself
   from Livorno, will conduct the inauguration. The theatre will open
   with a performance of Cavalleria Rusticana.
   For the occasion, the mayor of the city, Gianfranco Lamberti, will
   present the heirs of Mascagni and the heirs of Galliano Masini with
   the "Livornina d'oro", the highest honor that the city can deliver.
    The cast consists of:

        Santuzza: Ildiko Komlosi
        Turiddu: Alfredo Postilla
        Alfio: Alberto Mastromarino
        Lola: Sonia Zaramella
        Mamma Lucia: Viorica Cortez
        Mise en scène: Marco Gandini
        Sets: Lucio Dalla
        Costumes: Maurizio Millenotti
        Conductor: Massimo De Bernart
    Other performances will take place on February 3 and 4, with La
    vida breve by Manuel de Falla. The performances will then move on
    to Pisa (February 7 and 8) and Lucca (February 18 and 19).
    The Goldoni is famous to Italians not only because of its
    elegance, but also because it hosted in 1921 the Congress of the
    Socialist Party, which led to the division of the Italian
    Communist Party. Built between 1843 and 1847 by architect Giuseppe
    Cappellini, the theatre was once one of the most prestigious in
    Italy. The only major venue of Livorno to have survived the
    damages of World War II, the Goldoni was closed in 1984 for not
    meeting security norms. It was later acquired by the commune of
    Livorno in 1990, in order to be restored. The total cost of the
    work amounts to 18 millions of euros.
-Erik

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