DOVE
L’augellino Belverde
The Little Green Swallow
Opera in Three Acts
Full Score
Act I
EP 7763
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JONATHAN DOVE
L’augellino Belverde
The Little Green Swallow
Opera in Three Acts
Libretto adapted from Carlo Gozzi
English Singing Translation by Adam Pollock
LEIP
Full Score
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PETERS
ALLE
EDITION
ZI G L ONDO N NE W YOR K
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BRIGHELLA
KING TARTAGLIA
TARTAGLIONA
NINETTA
L’AUGELLINO
BARBARINA
RENZO
SMERALDINA
TRUFFALDINO
POMPEA
CALMON
SINGING APPLES
MONSTER
OFF-STAGE VOICES
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Characters
Poet, Seer, Advisor
King of Monterotondo
Tenor
Baritone (hereafter referred to as KING)
Queen Mother
(hereafter referred to as QUEEN MOTHER)
The Queen, buried alive
Soprano
Mezzo-Soprano
Little Green Swallow, another King, under Counter-tenor a spell (hereafter referred to as AUGELLINO)
Ninetta’s daughter
Barbarina’s twin brother
Truffaldino’s wife
Former jester, now sausage-vendor
Statue, former beauty
Statue, former philosopher-king
Soprano
Tenor
Mezzo-Soprano
Baritone
Mezzo-Soprano
Bass
3 Trebles (Boys*)
The Company
The Company
*if boy trebles are unavailable, the Apples may be sung by adult voices of suitable range, ideally of a similar purity – e.g. soprano & 2 counter-tenors.
Instrumentation
Piccolo Trumpet
Oboe (doubling Cor Anglais) 2 Horns
Clarinet Piano/Celeste
Percussion:
Violin
Cello
Double Bass (must have low C) Harp
Xylophone, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, 3 Timpani, Tubular Bells, Bass Drum, Snare Drum, 3 Tom Toms, Hi-Hat, Crash Cymbal, Tam-tam, Tambourine, Triangle, Whip
Duration: c. 130 minutes
Act One 50 minutes
Act Two 25 minutes
Act Three 45 minutes
First performance: July 1994, Batignano, Italy — First performance of English version: 2 June 2005, Guildhall School of Music & Drama London, conducted by Dominic Wheeler
Commissioned for the 20th Anniversary of Musica Nel Chiostro
Contents
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Act One Page
1. Brighella (Brighella, Smeraldina, Truffaldino, Barbarina) .............................................1
2. The King Weeps (King) ............................................................................................30
3. Arrival of the Queen Mother (Queen Mother, King) ...................................................34
4. Truffaldino (Truffaldino, King) .................................................................................56
5. Ninetta (Ninetta).......................................................................................................87
6. The Swallow Comforts Ninetta (Augellino, Ninetta) ..................................................94
7. The Twins’ Philosophical Song (Renzo, Barbarina)....................................................115
8. Quartet (Truffaldino, Barbarina, Renzo, Smeraldina) ...............................................118
9. The Twins Begin Their Journey (Renzo, Barbarina, Augellino) .................................162
10. Calmon (Calmon, Barbarina, Renzo) ......................................................................172
11. Meanwhile, Back at the Palace (Brighella, Queen Mother) ......................................181
12. A New Palace is Born (Renzo, Barbarina, Brighella, Truffaldino, King, Queen Mother, Smeraldina).......................................195
Act Two
13. Barbarina at the Mirror (Barbarina, Augellino) .......................................................226
14. Brighella Warns Tartagliona (Brighella, Queen Mother) .........................................245
15. Brighella teaches Tartagliona the Fatal Rhymes (Brighella, Queen Mother) .............251
16. Renzo meets Pompea (Renzo, Augellino) ................................................................256
17. Reconciliation
a. Return of the False Parents (Smeraldina, Truffaldino, Barbarina, Renzo) .............272
b. The Rebuff (Barbarina, Renzo, Smeraldina, Truffaldino) .....................................280
c. The Plea (Smeraldina, Truffaldino, Renzo) ..........................................................284
d. Reconciliation (Barbarina, Smeraldina, Renzo, Truffaldino) .................................291
18. The Swallow Brings News to Ninetta (Augellino, Ninetta, King) ...........................295
19. The King Woos Barbarina (Smeraldina, Barbarina, King, Queen Mother)...............307
20. The Rhymes: Finale (Tartagliona, Brighella, King, Smeraldina, Barbarina, Truffaldino, Renzo) ..............................................329
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Act Three Page
21. The Journey to Serpentina’s Garden .......................................................................363
22. The Apples Sing a Warning (Apples, Truffaldino, Renzo) ......................................368
23. The Monster Approaches (Barbarina, Queen Mother, Smeraldina, Ninetta Pompea, Augellino, Brighella, King, Renzo) ..................375
24. Calmon to the Rescue (Calmon, Renzo, Truffuldino) ............................................383
25. Brighella Has Another Go (Smeraldina, Truffaldino, Augellino, King, Barbarina, Queen Mother, Brighella) ..........................394
26. Pompea Speaks (Renzo, Pompea) ..........................................................................405
27. Barbarina Sends Renzo for the Little Green Swallow (Barbarina, Smeraldina Queen Mother, Renzo, Brighella, King, Truffaldino ................................................419
28. Pompea Warns Barbarina (Pompea, Barbarina) .....................................................436
29. Barbarina Goes in Search of Renzo & Truffaldino (Barbarina, Smeraldina) .............445
30. Barbarina’s Remorse (Barbarina, Smeraldina)..........................................................453
31. Calmon Provides the Key (Calmon, Smeraldina, Barbarina) ....................................459
32. Barbarina Attempts the Difficult Task (Barbarina, Augellino) ...............................463
33. Reconciliation: The Swallow Brings the Statues Back to Life (Renzo, Barbarina, Smeraldina, Truffaldino) ..........................................................469
Finale
34. The Journey Back to the Palace (Augellino, Queen Mother, Brighella, Ninetta, Pompea, King, Renzo, Smeraldina, Truffaldino) .......................................474
35. The Apples Sing the Truth (Apples, King, Augellino) ............................................485
36. Ninetta is Released from her Tomb (Apples, Queen Mother, Barbarina, Smeraldina, Pompea, Augellio, Renzo, Brighella, Truffaldino, King, Calmon, Ninetta) .................................................................................................492
37. Royal Revelation (Augellino, Barbarina, Renzo, Queen Mother, Smeraldina Pompea, Brighella, King, Calmon, Ninetta, Apples, Truffaldino) ..........................507
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Jonathan Dove
Jonathan Dove (b. 1959) studied composition with Robin Holloway at Cambridge and worked as a freelance repetiteur, animateur and arranger. His first major projects came via Glyndebourne, including his breakthrough commission, the opera Flight, for Glyndebourne Touring Opera. Other operatic works include The Adventures of Pinocchio, Swanhunter, children’s opera The Hackney Chronicles, When She Died – examining the response to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales – and Man on the Moon. Works for orchestra include the trombone concerto Stargazer, and Moonlight Revels for trumpet and saxophone. Dove was presented with the Ivor Novello Award for Classical Music in 2008, and in 2010 A Song of Joys opened the Last Night of the Proms.
Jonathan Dove (*1959) studierte bei Robin Holloway an der Universität Cambridge Komposition und arbeitete als freischaffender Korrepetitor und Arrangeur. Erste größere Werke entstanden in Zusammenarbeit mit dem englischen Gl++yndebourne Festival, darunter die Oper Flight – ein Auftragswerk der Glyndebourne Touring Opera, das ihm zum Durchbruch verhalf. Sein Opernschaffen umfasst außerdem The Adventures of Pinocchio, Swanhunter, die Kinderoper The Hackney Chronicles, When She Died – das die Reaktionen auf den Tod von Prinzessin Diana beleuchtet – sowie Man on the Moon. Zu seinen Orchesterwerken zählen das Posaunenkonzert Stargazer sowie Moonlight Revels für Trompete und Saxofon. 2008 erhielt Dove den Ivor Novello Award für klassische Musik, und 2010 bildete A Song of Joys den Auftakt zur „Last Night of the Proms“.
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