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''Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali '' (''Conventions and Inconveniences of the Stage''), also known as ''Viva la mamma'', is a dramma giocoso, or opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Domenico Gilardoni, adapted from Antonio Simone Sografi's plays ''Le convenienze teatrali'' (1794) and ''Le inconvenienze teatrali'' (1800). The title refers to the ''convenienze'', which were the rules relating to the ranking of singers (''primo'', ''secondo'', ''comprimario'') in 19th-century Italian opera, and the number of scenes, arias etc. that they were entitled to expect. == Performance history == 19th century The opera was originally a one-act ''farsa'' based on ''Le convenienze teatrali''; this version premiered at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples on 21 November 1827. Donizetti revised it and added recitatives and material from ''Le inconvenienze teatrali''; this final version premiered at the Teatro alla Cannobiana in Milan on 20 April 1831. 20th century and beyond ''Convenienze'' had its first major modern revival in 1963 in Siena,〔Osborne 1994, p. 173〕 and has subsequently appeared in a number of translations and under various titles, most notably as ''Viva la mamma'', a German adaptation presented in Munich in 1969.〔 In the UK, the first staged performance was not given until 9 April 1976 by an amateur company, the Harrow Opera Workshop,〔 but that performance had been preceded by a 1969 BBC broadcast under the name of ''Upstage and Downstage'' and in 1972 Opera Rara, the recording company, produced the one-act version in English as ''The Prima Donna's Mother is a Drag''.〔 In the US, the first production was given in Terre Haute, Indiana on 2 April 1966〔Ashbrook and Hibberd 2001, p. 228〕 A 2004 production at the Opera of Monte Carlo starred June Anderson. In October 2009, the opera was performed at La Scala as ''Le Convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali'', under the direction of Marco Guidarini. 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「Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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