Le donne curiose (English: The Inquisitive Women) is an opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to a text by after Carlo Goldoni's play .
Performance history The first dramatic work by Wolf-Ferrari to achieve more than local notice, it was first performed in Munich on 27 November 1903 in a German translation as Die neugierigen Frauen. The first performance in Italian was at the old Metropolitan Opera House in New York on 3 January 1912 with a cast led by Arturo Toscanini, including Geraldine Farrar and Hermann Jadlowker. Tullio Serafin conducted the first performance in Milan on 16 January 1913.
Roles
+RoleVoice typePremiere cast, 27 November 1903 (gives Hugo Josef Rheinberger as conductor)Conductor: Hugo ReichenbergerFirst performance in Italian,3 January 1912Conductor: Arturo ToscaniniArlecchino bassGeorg SieglitzAntonio ScottiBeatrice mezzo-sopranoCharlotte HuhnRita ForniaColombina sopranoHermine BosettiGeraldine FarrarFlorindo tenor Hans KoppeHermann JadlowkerLeandro tenor Hans Breuer Jeanne MaubourgLelio baritoneAndres de SegurolaOttavio bassPaul BenderAdam Didur Pantalone baritoneFriedrich BrodersenAntonio Pini-Corsi Rosaura sopranoElla TordekBella AltenLunardobass Mènego bass Mómolo bass Eleonora sopranoAsdrubale tenorAlmorò tenorAlvise tenorFirst gondolier tenor Second gondolier bass
Synopsis The story is a comedy set in 18th-century Venice about two wives checking up on the goings-on at their husband's club.
Notes
References Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 782 pages,
External links
Work details, opera-guide.ch