Bampton Classical Opera at Sinfonia Smith Square
Tuesday 16 September 7pm
Antonio Salieri (1750-1825), The Landlady (La locandiera)
Libretto by Domenico Poggi
English translation by Gilly French and Jeremy Gray
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the composer's death.
Conductor - Andrew Griffiths
Director - Jeremy Gray
Mirandolina, a landlady - Siân Dicker
Fabrizio, her servant - Samuel Pantcheff
Lena, a maid - Rosalind Dobson
The Baron Ripafratta - Osian Wyn Bowen
The Count of Albafiorita - David Horton
The Marquis of Forlimpopoli - Aidan Edwards
Conductor: Andrew Griffiths
CHROMA
violin 1 (leader) Caroline Balding
violin 1 Chihiro Ono, Elspeth McLeod
violin 2 Richard Milone, Kath Roberts
viola Bridget Carey, Clara Bliss
cello Clare O'Connell
bass Lucy Shaw
oboe Emma Fielding, Lydia Griffiths
bassoon Jo Turner
horn Richard Bayliss, Kate Hainsworth
The boorish Baron Ripafratta enjoys the pleasures of good living, sport and the hunt. He certainly has no taste or time for women, who are best avoided and disdained. But staying for a visit in the inn of the feisty Mirandolina, he soon discovers what it’s like to be the hunter’s defenceless quarry. Expect hot chocolate, scrambled eggs and general mayhem as the arrogant Baron is reluctantly ‘educated’.
The Landlady derives from one of Goldoni’s finest and funniest plays, a sharp comedy of the battle of the sexes, which Salieri sets with his characteristic brilliance and wit. Bampton is delighted to present its fifth rarity by a composer who in his lifetime was performed across Europe, the respected teacher of Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt.