Erik Bruchez
Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:16:35 -0700
All, Unless I am wrong, I sent the last Mascagni newsletter a year ago. It is definitely time for an update. Here are the topics of the day: 1. Pietro Mascagni passed a way 52 years ago Today is August 2, the anniversary of Mascagni's passing in 1945. The Goldoni Theater in Livorno (Mascagni's hometown) has an article in Italian to commemorate this event: http://www.goldoniteatro.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=329 As always, I recommend that you play some Mascagni music to celebrate! 2. Mascagni videos on YouTube Several people have pointed out to me that some very interesting videos of Mascagni just appeared on YouTube. I suspect that these videos were copied from www.archivioluce.it, where I had seen them a while ago. YouTube makes it much easier to watch them however. Mascagni composing a part of Nerone in the 1930s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5pKcS_0RWM A war-era (probably) film with Mascagni conducting Silvano, an aria from Isabeau with Gigli, and the Hymn of the Sun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHOuVKHhBYo News about Mascagni conducting Cavalleria in 1940: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSPXMfQj7sk These excerpts are absolute treasures. One just wishes the sound was not missing for most of the second video. 3. If everything goes well, I will attend a performance of Amica in French in Martina Franca (south of Italy) this weekend. Here is the announcement of the event on Mascagni.org: "The Martina Franca (Italy) festival will present two performances of Amica on August 4 and August 6 2007. The performances will be in French, the language of the original libretto written by French editor Choudens, and will likely be the first performances in French of Amica since its premiere in 1905. The libretto was adapted in Italian by Mascagni's long-time friend and librettist, Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti. However, the music was written to the French text, which makes these performances an important milestone in the history Amica." 4. Zanetto, Ode a Leopardi, and scenes from Mascagni's operas The Goldoni Theater in Livorno will perform Zanetto and Ode a Leopardi (AKA the symphonic poem "A Giacomo Leopardi") on October 30, 2007. In addition, scenes from several of Mascagni's operas will be performed on October 25, 2007. The information in Italian is available here: http://www.goldoniteatro.it/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=173&year=2007&month=10&day=30&Itemid=43 http://www.goldoniteatro.it/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=172&year=2007&month=10&day=25&Itemid=43 That is it for this time! Enjoy, -Erik -- Mascagni.org - Your online resource about Pietro Mascagni http://www.mascagni.org/ _______________________________________________ mascagni-interest mailing list mascagni-interest@lists.alphanet.ch http://lists.alphanet.ch/mailman/listinfo/mascagni-interest