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''For the opera by Cherubini, see Pimmalione'' ''Il Pigmalione'' (''Pygmalion'') is a ''scena lirica'' (lyric scene or opera) in one act by Gaetano Donizetti by an unknown librettist, but it is known that the libretto was based on one by Antonio Simone Sografi for Giovanni Batiste Cimador's ''Pimmalione'' (1790), in turn based on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ''Pygmalion''〔 and ultimately based on Book X of Ovid's ''Metamorphoses''.〔Ashbrook & Hibberd 2001, p. 225.〕 Sografi's libretto was also used for an opera by Bonifacio Asioli (1796).〔Loewenberg 1970, p. 1828〕 This was Donizetti's first opera, written in six days between 25 September and 1 October 1816〔Weinstock 1963, p. 13〕 when the composer was 19〔Osborne 1994, p. 139〕 and a student at the Bologna Academy, a position acquired for him with the help of his teacher in Bergamo, Johann Simon Mayr〔Allitt 1991, p. 9〕 and where his "gift for spontaneous composition flowered".〔 It has been noted that although the comedy is "musically slender, the score, nevertheless, reveals the fledgling composer's flair for melody".〔Ashbrook & Hibberd 2001, p. 226〕 It was not performed until 13 October 1960.〔 ==Performance history== The premiere took place at the XVII ''Festival delle novità'' at the Teatro Donizetti in the composer’s home town of Bergamo, Italy on 13 October 1960.〔 The performance was conducted by Armando Gatto, while the role of Pigmalione was performed by Doro Antonioli and that of Galatea by soprano Oriana Santunione. Other performances appear to have been sporadic: in 1974 under Bruno Rigacci, it was given by the Orchestra della Radiotelivisione della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano,〔 and a recording made of a performance in 1990 at the Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi in Terni in Umbria.〔 (Recording details on arkivmusic.com )〕 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「Il Pigmalione」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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