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''Cristina, regina di Svezia'' (Christina, Queen of Sweden) is an opera in five parts and three acts composed by Jacopo Foroni. The Italian libretto by Giovanni Carlo Casanova is loosely based on the events surrounding the abdication of Christina, Queen of Sweden in 1654. The opera premiered on 22 May 1849 at the Mindre Theatre in Stockholm. ==Background and performance history== ''Cristina, regina di Svezia'' was Jacopo Foroni's second opera. His first, ''Margherita'', had premiered in Milan in 1848. However, his involvement with the Five Days of Milan uprising had made life dangerous in the city and led him to seek work abroad.〔Tajani (2 June 2000)〕 He became the conductor of Vincenzo Galli's Italian opera company which by the autumn of 1848 had taken up residence in Stockholm's Mindre Theatre.〔Brandel〕 Foroni composed ''Cristina'' to introduce himself to Swedish audiences. The librettist, Giovanni Carlo Casanova, was also a ''basso cantante'' singer in Galli's company. The opera premiered at the Mindre Theatre on 22 May 1849 and was dedicated to Oscar I of Sweden, the reigning monarch at the time.〔Tajani (2002) p. 58〕 Hans Christian Andersen was at the premiere and wrote enthusiastically about it.〔Heinsen (October 2007).〕 The success of the opera led to Foroni being appointed as the chief conductor at the Royal Swedish Opera later that year.〔 In the autumn of 1850 the opera was given its Italian premiere when Foroni himself conducted its performance at the Gran Teatro Civico in Trieste. Over the next 8 years he continued in his post at the Royal Swedish Opera and composed music for royal occasions and concerts. Foroni wrote only two more operas before his death from cholera at the age of 33.〔Brandel; Ambìveri (1998) p. 70.〕 Although the overture to ''Cristina'' was heard occasionally in 19th century concerts, both the composer and the work itself fell into obscurity. However, it was revived at the 2007 Vadstena Summer Opera Festival,〔 and in 2010 it was recorded for the first time with a performance by the Göteborg Opera conducted by Tobias Ringborg.〔White (September 2011)〕 It was performed again at Wexford Festival Opera in October and November 2013. 〔("Foroni's ''Cristina di Svezia'' Wexford Opera Festival, Ireland, October 25 - November 3, 2013 ), on donizettisociety.com. Article includes excerpts from reviews, cast, and photos of the production〕 The Wexford production, directed by Stephen Medcalf, updated the action to the 1930s and drew explicit parallels to the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936.〔Hall, George (27 October 2013). ("Thérèse/La Navarraise; Cristina, Regina di Svezia – review" ). ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 6 November 2013.〕〔Allison, John (30 October 2013). ("''Cristina, regina di Svezia'', Wexford Festival Opera, review" ). ''Daily Telegraph''. Retrieved 6 November 2013.〕As the UK premiere of the work, a concert performance was presented by London's Chelsea Opera Group on 8 November 2014.〔(Chelsea Opera Group's website )〕 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「Cristina, regina di Svezia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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