Lodoletta

Lodoletta is a dramma lirico or lyric opera in three acts by Pietro Mascagni. The libretto is by Giovacchino Forzano, and is based on the novel Two Little Wooden Shoes by Marie Louise de la Ramée, (Ouida).

It was first performed at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 30 April 1917 with Rosina Storchio in the title role. The American premiere was on 12 January 1918 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, with Geraldine Farrar as Lodoletta and Enrico Caruso as Flammen.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, 30 April 1917[1] (Conductor: Pietro Mascagni )
Lodoletta	soprano	Rosina Storchio
La pazza	contralto	Cleofe Braghini
Maud	soprano	Luigia Pieroni
La vanard	soprano	Ida De Filippis
Flammen	tenor	Giuseppe Campioni
Giannotto	baritone	Enrico Molinari
Franz	baritone	Leone Paci
Antonio	bass	Augusto Dadò
A voice/a postman	tenor	Ettore Bonzi

References

Notes

1. List of cast members from italianopera.org

Sources

• Amadeus Almanac, accessed 25 November 2009

External links

• Libretto for the opera (in Italian)