SKU: HL.14015279

ISBN 9780711995796.

This new Opera was first performed in 1998 in Huddersfield by Opera North. Designed for the modern stage, it utilises only a small cast and orchestra - albeit one with a good variety of percussion! The libretto is adapted by the composer from the play 'The Love of Don Pemperlin for Belisa in the Garden' by Feredico Garcia Lorca, translated into English by David Johnston. The plot revolves around the ill-fated marriage of Don Pemperlin, an ageing bachelor and his beautiful neighbour Belisa, which was suggested by Pemperlin's maid. Tricks and misunderstandings abound and because of them, Pemperlin ends by stabbing himself and dying even as Belisa proclaims her love for him.

SKU: HL.50499282

ISBN 9788875929534. UPC: 884088951375. 12x9 inches. Introduction by Francesco Giuntini.

Facsimile reproduction of the Johann Mattheson adaptation manuscript of Orlandini's opera score. Includes detailed introduction in Italian and English on the 1721 Venetian (Orlandini) and 1723 Hamburg (Mattheson) versions, as well as the original libretto by Agostino Piovene and adapted libretto by Mattheson.