{"id":3236,"date":"2017-01-14T18:29:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T22:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/?page_id=3236"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:14:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T17:14:01","slug":"malvina-di-scozia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/productions\/opera\/malvina-di-scozia\/","title":{"rendered":"Malvina di Scozia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malvina di Scozia<\/em> by Giovanni Pacini
\nopera in concert<\/h2>\n

May 11, 2016, 7:30 pm & May 13, 2016, 7:30 pm
\nChrist and Saint Stephen\u2019s Church
\n120 W 69th Street
\nNew York, NY<\/p>\n

Giovanni Pacini\u2019s long-lost opera Malvina di Scozia<\/em> receives its first performances in over 150 years in a new performing edition.<\/h4>\n

\"NYOF_Event\"<\/a>Hans Schellevis, Conductor and Editor
\nJudith Barnes, Director
\nPeter Szep, Chorus Master
\nDoug Han, Pianist and Musical Preparation
\nThea Cook, Production Curator<\/p>\n

Angela Leson as Malvina
\nKarolina Pilou as Morna
\nBenjamin Bloomfield as Arturo
\nStefan Kirchgraber as Malcolm
\nAram Tchobanian as Wortimer
\nKatya Gruzglina as Edwige
\nJavier Ortiz as Rodwaldo
\nand featuring THE VPR CHORUS<\/p>\n

Malvina di Scozia<\/em> was beset by obstacles at its 1851 Naples premiere. Pacini\u2019s collaborator, the experienced librettist Salvadore Cammarano, was mortally ill. The opera’s subject matter, depicting the sordid behavior of the nobility, aroused unwanted attention from the royal censors of the King of Naples. The composer and librettist were forced to change the action to ancient Scotland for fear of offending the King. The lead tenor quit before the opening, and the opera had to be hastily rewritten for an unconventional cast of soprano, coloratura contralto, baritone and bass. Even with these challenges, Pacini created an opera so beautiful that a throng of admirers escorted the veteran composer home by torchlight after the premiere. Described at the premiere as “a wealth of harmony and melody…imagined and felt by a great master” the opera played to full houses for two months. But without a lead tenor part, and with Pacini’s star on the wane, it was revived only twice and vanished from the repertoire after 1862. It has not been heard in over 150 years.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to Brooklyn, New York in 2016. Vertical Player Repertory has commissioned noted music editor and conductor Hans Schellevis to create a new performing edition of this intriguing opera. Working in collaboration with curator Thea Cook of the Donizetti Society, VPR will offer New York audiences a rare chance to hear Malvina di Scozia<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Soprano Angela Leson sings the role of Malvina, the ill-fated noblewoman who has borne two illegitimate children to Prince Arturo, sung by baritone Benjamin Bloomfield. His father, King Malcolm, is sung by bass Stefan Kirchgraber, and mezzo-soprano Karolina Pilou sings Morna, the Irish princess chosen by the King as Arturo\u2019s consort. The King’s Iago-like advisor Wortimer will be portrayed by tenor Aram Tchobanian, Katya Gruzglina sings the role of Edwige, lady-in-waiting to Malvina, and Javier Ortiz sings the role of Rodwaldo, Captain of the King’s guard.<\/p>\n

For a full history of the opera check out the article by Thea Cook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Malvina di Scozia by Giovanni Pacini opera in concert May 11, 2016, 7:30 pm & May 13, 2016, 7:30 pm Christ and Saint Stephen\u2019s Church 120 W 69th Street New York, NY Giovanni Pacini\u2019s long-lost opera Malvina di Scozia receives its first performances in over 150 years in a new performing edition. Hans Schellevis, Conductor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3047,"parent":91,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3236"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3236"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4650,"href":"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3236\/revisions\/4650"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}