Amor vuol sofferenza is a 1739 commedia per musica in three acts by Leonardo Leo to a libretto by Antonio Federico Gennaro (d.1744). It was first performed at Naples, Teatro Nuovo.Edward J Dent: Selected Essays 0521221749 1979 - - Page 53 Cavaliere Leo identified this with Amor vuol sofferenze by comparing it with the complete libretto in the same library, and I was fortunate enough to find the opera complete at Montecassino. A study of the score and libretto showed us that the ... L'archivo musicale di Montecassino -Eduardo Dagnino - 1929 - Page 284 Leonardo Leo Eccone la statistica : 22 volumi di partiture teatrali (16 opere), 6 miscellanee, 2 oratori : totale 30. Opere complete: Alidoro (unico), Amor vuol sofferenza, Argene, (forse autografo, porta la firma e la data 1735), Ciro, Demofoonte, Emira (unico) . Leo was working on a revision to be entitled La finta Frascatana in 1744 when he died, which was completed by Matteo Capranica. Stefano Capone, Carmela Lombardi - L'opera comica napoletana (1709-1749) 2007 G.A. Federico, opera comica, Napoli, Teatro dei Fiorentini] 1739 - Amor vuol sofferenza [libr. G.A. Federico, opera comica, Napoli, Teatro Nuovo sopra Toledo] 1 740 - Alidoro [libr. ... Teatro dei Fiorentini] 1 744 - La finta frascatana [è una versione di Amor vuol sofferenza completata da M. Capranica per la morte di Leo. Cast La fedeltà odiata Teatro dei Fiorentini 1744 Fazio - fool, lucchese, bass, premiered by Gioacchino Corrado Alessandro - young Romano, lover of Eugenia, the enamoured with Camilla, contralto travesti, premiered by Antonia Colasanti Camilla - innamorata di Ridolfo, soprano, premiered by Maddalena Frizzi Vastarella - della villa di Portici, enamoured first with Mosca, then with Fazio, soprano, premiered by Margherita Pozzi Eugenia - feigned fraschetana, servant in the house of Alessandro's uncle known as Ninetta, lover of Alessandro contralto Ridolfo - young Genovese in love with Eugenia taken for Ninetta, soprano castrato, premiered by Giacomo Ricci Mosca - old man, napoletano in love with Vastarella, bass, premiered by Girolamo Piani
Recordings Amor vuol sofferenza Marilyne Fallot, Giovanna Donadini, Marilena Laurenza. Nuova Orchestra Scarlatti di Napoli, Daniele Moles, Nuova Era 3CD
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