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' (''Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant'') is an operatic ''dramma giocoso'' in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the fairy tale ''Cendrillon'' by Charles Perrault. The opera was first performed in Rome's Teatro Valle on 25 January 1817. Rossini composed ''La Cenerentola'' when he was 25 years old, following the success of ''The Barber of Seville'' the year before. ''La Cenerentola'', which he completed in a period of three weeks, is considered to have some of his finest writing for solo voice and ensembles. Rossini saved some time by reusing an overture from ''La gazzetta'' and part of an aria from ''The Barber of Seville'' and by enlisting a collaborator, Luca Agolini, who wrote the secco recitatives and three numbers (Alidoro's "", Clorinda's "" and the chorus ""). The facsimile edition of the autograph has a different aria for Alidoro, ""; this seems to have been added by an anonymous hand for an 1818 production. For an 1820 revival in Rome, Rossini wrote a bravura replacement, "". The light, energetic overture has been in the standard repertoire since its premiere as ''La Cenerentola''. == Composition history == The genesis of this work, written with surprising speed – both for the literary and the musical parts – deserves to be told, according to the account that Ferretti himself (the librettist) gave: in December 1816 Rossini was in Rome with the task of writing, for the Teatro Valle, a new opera to be staged on St. Stephen's Day; due to an unexpected last-minute veto by the papal censor, considering the impossibility to correct the existing libretto in order to satisfy all parties (censorship, impresario and authors), the subject – ''Francesca di Foix'' – was rejected, and a replacement had to be found. In a meeting at the theater, where also the impresario Cartoni was present, Ferretti, who had some ill-will against Rossini (since the maestro had previously refused an earlier libretto of his for ''The Barber of Seville''), agreed anyway with the collaboration and began to propose possible subjects; but one was too serious for the Carnival (period in which the premiere was postponed), one was too frivolous, the staging of another would involve technical difficulties and exorbitant costs ... Ferretti had been proposing, unsuccessfully, more than two dozen different subjects. Finally, between yawns, with Rossini half asleep on a sofa, the poet suggested Cinderella: Rossini stirred from slumber and challenged Ferretti whether he had the courage to write a libretto on that story; Ferretti answered back challenging Rossini whether he was able to clothe it with his music. At Rossini's question about when he could have some verses ready to start working on, Ferretti answered, verbatim: " ... despite my tiredness, tomorrow morning!". Rossini nodded, wrapped himself in his clothes and fell asleep. Ferretti worked all night and, as promised, already on Christmas the first parts of the work were ready: working like mad, Ferretti finished the libretto in twenty-two days and Rossini set it to music in twenty-four days. Despite the enthusiasm, however, the poet had serious doubts about the success of the work; Rossini instead was immediately optimistic and prophesied a full success in Italy after a year, and, after two, the same luck in France and England: " ... the impresarios will fight for staging it, as well as the primadonnas for being able to sing it ..." The work, whose debut took place on Jan. 25, 1817, had a quite cold initial reception, but after the first, equally unfortunate, replies, quickly grew in popularity and, also internationally, enjoyed a success so overwhelming to be preferred over the ''Barber'' itself, at least throughout the nineteenth century. Despite in the end the composer's words had been completely fulfilled, the collaboration between the Rossini and Ferretti did not go very far: Ferretti wrote just one another libretto for Rossini, the ''Matilde di Shabran'', in 1821. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「La Cenerentola」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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