List of operas by Riccardo Zandonai

This is a complete list of the operas of the Italian composer Riccardo Zandonai (1883–1944).

List
TitleSub­divisionsLibrettoPremière datePlace, theatreNotes
La coppa del re1 actGustavo Chiesa, after Friedrich Schillercomposed 1906 or before, never performed 
L'uccellino d'oro3 actsFather Giovanni Chelodi, after the Grimm brothersspring 1907Sacco di RoveretoUnpublished. Zandonai's version is for piano and singers only. A performing edition was made by the conductor Silvio de Florian (1908–1995) in 1959.
Il grillo del focolare3 actsCesare Hanau, after Charles Dickens' The Cricket on the Hearth28 November 1908Turin, Politeama Chiarella
Conchita4 actsMaurice Vaucaire and Carlo Zangarini, after Pierre Louÿs' La Femme et le pantin14 October 1911Milan, Teatro Dal Verme
Melenis3 actsMassimo Spiritini and Carlo Zangarini, after Louis Bouilhet13 November 1912Milan, Teatro Dal Verme
Francesca da Rimini4 actsTito Ricordi II, adapted from the play by Gabriele D'Annunzio19 February 1914Turin, Teatro Regio
La via della finestra3 actsGiuseppe Adami, after Eugène Scribe27 July 1919Pesaro, Teatro Rossini
Giulietta e Romeo3 actsArturo Rossato and Matteo Bandello, after Luigi da Porto and N d'Atri14 February 1922Rome, Teatro CostanziThere is a German version with libretto by Alfred Brüggemann (1873–1944).
I cavalieri di Ekebù4 actsArturo Rossato, after Selma Lagerlöf's Gösta Berling's Saga7 March 1925Milan, La ScalaGerman version with libretto by Ernst Lert titled Die Kavaliere von Ekeby
Giulianoprologue, 2 acts, epilogueArturo Rossato, after Jacobus da Varagine and Gustave Flaubert4 February 1928Naples, Teatro San Carlobased on the legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller
Una partita1 actArturo Rossato, after Alexandre Dumas, père19 January 1933Milan, La Scala
La farsa amorosa3 actsArturo Rossato, after El sombrero de tres picos by Pedro de Alarcón22 February 1933Rome, Teatro dell'Opera
Il bacio3 actsArturo Rossato and Emidio Mucci, after Gottfried Keller10 March 1954RAIfinal act left incomplete

References
    • Waterhouse, John C. G. (1992), "Zandonai, Riccardo" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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