L'arlesiana is an opera in three acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Leopoldo Marenco. It was originally written in four acts, and was first performed on 27 November 1897 at the Teatro Lirico di Milano in Milan. It was revised as a three-act opera in 1898, and a prelude was added in 1937.
The opera is based on the play L'Arlésienne (1872) by Alphonse Daudet, which was itself inspired by a short story from his collection Letters From...
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L'arlesiana is an opera in three acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Leopoldo Marenco. It was originally written in four acts, and was first performed on 27 November 1897 at the Teatro Lirico di Milano in Milan. It was revised as a three-act opera in 1898, and a prelude was added in 1937.
The opera is based on the play L'Arlésienne (1872) by Alphonse Daudet, which was itself inspired by a short story from his collection Letters From My Windmill (Lettres de mon moulin).
Three famous arias from this opera are the Lamento di Federico: È la solita storia del pastore written for tenors, Come due tizzi accesi for baritones and for mezzo-soprano's, Esser madre è un inferno.
An old shepherd Baldassarre, tells a story to l'Innocente, a younger son of Rosa Mamai about a little goat fighting with a hungry wolf all night long (Come due tizzi accesi). At the break of dawn the goat collapses and dies. L'Innocente is slightly retarded and rumour has it that the child brings good...
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