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''Otto mesi in due ore ossia Gli esiliati in Siberia'' (''Eight Months in Two Hours or The Exiles in Siberia'') is an opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti to a libretto by Domenico Gilardoni. The original story comes from the 1806 novel, ''Elisabeth, ou Les exilés de Sibérie'' (''Elisabeth, or the Exiles of Siberia''), written by Sophie Ristaud Cottin. Luigi Marchionni's subsequent play, ''La figlia dell’esiliato, ossia Otto mesi in due ore'' (''The Daughter of the Exile, or Eight Months in Two Hours''), first performed in Italy in 1820, was the more immediate basis for Gilardoni's libretto. The opera has two later, substantially re-worked versions, ''Élisabeth ou la fille de l'exilé'' (''Elisabeth, or the daughter of the exile''), and ''Elisabetta'', both of which received their first performances some 150 years after Donizetti's death. ==Performance History== 19th century The opera underwent many revisions and changes of title over the years, with a performance history nearly as convoluted as its plot. Its first version premiered with the title ''Otto mesi in due ore'' at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples on 13 May 1827, and was performed 50 times in its first season. In 1831, it was presented in Florence by Luigi Astolfi to only limited success as ''Gli esiliati in Siberia''.〔Borroni, p. ?〕 In 1832, Donizetti revised the opera somewhat, adapting the original soprano role of Elisabetta for the popular Austro-Hungarian contralto, Caroline Ungher. He revised the opera further for its premiere in Livorno in 1833. Between 1838 and 1840 Donizetti substantially re-worked the opera again, adding new music, for a longer version, ''Élisabeth ou la fille de l'exilé'' which was intended for performance in Paris. The new French libretto was written by Adolphe de Leuven and Léon-Lévy Runswick. The American musicologist Will Crutchfield has suggested that by this point, it had now a become virtually a separate opera from ''Otto mesi in due ore'', although clearly retaining many elements of the original. However, the new work was never staged in Donizetti's lifetime. Donizetti subsequently offered the Italian version, ''Elisabetta'', to Her Majesty's Theatre in London. Likewise, this version was never performed in his lifetime. The Italian composer Uranio Fontana, who claimed to have been a pupil of Donizetti, attempted to resurrect the French version after Donizetti's death. However according to Will Crutchfield , Fontana did not have access to Donizetti's revised score, which by this time had ended up in London. Instead, he tried to set the original score of ''Otto mesi'' to the longer De Leuven and Brunswick libretto and composed the missing music (over half the opera) himself. The Fontana version premiered at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris in 1853. 20th century and beyond The long forgotten score for ''Elisabetta'' was later found in the basement of London's Royal Opera House. Acts 1 and 3 were found by Will Crutchfield in 1984, and Act 2 by Richard Bonynge in 1988. It received its first performance, with the score edited by Will Crutchfield and Roger Parker, at the Royal Festival Hall in London on 16 December 1997.〔Canning〕〔Milnes〕〔Porter〕 Carlo Rizzi conducted the Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus in a concert performance with Andrea Rost singing the role of Elisabetta, and the young Juan Diego Flórez as Count Potoski. The first performance of the 1840 French version, ''Élisabeth ou la fille de l'exilé'', using only Donizetti's music, took place at the Caramoor International Music Festival on 17 July 2003.〔Lamb〕〔Rosenberg〕〔Tommasini〕 Will Crutchfield conducted the Orchestra of St. Luke's in a semi-staged production. Irini Tsirakidis sang the role of Élisabeth, and Yeghishe Manucharyan was Count Potoski. To prepare the Caramoor performing edition, Crutchfield worked with the French manuscript, using the orchestration from the London version, and the original score of ''Otto mesi in due ore'' to construct the final aria. The recitatives from ''Elisabetta'' were adapted to spoken dialogue as the French version was intended to be an opéra comique. 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「Otto mesi in due ore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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