Il piccolo Marat

Il piccolo Marat is a dramma lirico or opera in three acts by Pietro Mascagni, 1921, from a libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. Il piccolo Marat was first performed on May 2, 1921 at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome. It was then performed many times in Italy and in South America, with at least 450 individual performances documented. While Mascagni was slated to perform the opera in the United States in 1926, logistics proved too difficult to rehearse it, ... more

Il piccolo Marat is a dramma lirico or opera in three acts by Pietro Mascagni, 1921, from a libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. Il piccolo Marat was first performed on May 2, 1921 at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome. It was then performed many times in Italy and in South America, with at least 450 individual performances documented. While Mascagni was slated to perform the opera in the United States in 1926, logistics proved too difficult to rehearse it, and the North American premiere waited until April 13, 2009 when Teatro Grattacielo performed it at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, in New York City. Several recordings exist of the complete work, the most widely distributed of which features the husband and wife team of Virginia Zeani and Nicola Rossi-Lemeni with tenor Giuseppe Gismondo; this live 1962 recording from San Remo was issued on the Italian Cetra label as a 3 lp set and, later, a 2 cd set. A live concert performance from Holland, 1992, starring Susan Neves and Daniel Galvez... less