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Canto XXXIII della Divina Commedia di Dante by
Gaetano
Donizetti Cantata for Bass-baritone with piano accompaniment Randal
Turner - Bass-baritone German première: 22 November 2008, Municipal Theatre Ingolstadt (Germany)
The monologue, a wonderful reference example for the music genre salon cantata, was composed in 1828 and is based on an episode of the 33rd Canto of Dante's Inferno in his Divine Commedy. It is also known as Ugolino's Lament. Although composed in 1828, the piece was only published in 1843. No information has survived about a possible world première during the 19th century. Musically the monologue is extremely powerful and idiosyncratic. The composer dedicated it to the famous bass Luigi Lablache who was a celebrated interpreter of Donizetti's operas. At the very same time when Canto XXXIII was written, the singer had a triumphant success in the world première of L'esule di Roma in Naples Dante's 33rd Canto recounts the cruel destiny of the Pisan Podestà (Governor) Ugolino della Gherardesca. After a political feud he was imprisoned together with his sons and grand-sons. They were detained in the Muda prison tower. On orders of Ugolino's political arch enemy who had proclaimed himself Podestà, the keys were thrown into the Arno river and the prisoners left to starve. Ugolino's Lament was set to music by other by other Italian composers as well: in 1805 by Niccolò Zingarelli and in 1834, as solo cantata for baritone with piano accompaniment, by Francesco Morlacchi. Live recording of the concert:
Feedback: The Night of Romanticism in the Ingolstadt Theatre convinces with outstanding artists Donaukurier
No. 274 (Bavarian newspaper), Tragic Love Death
"[...]The German première of the early cantata Teresa e Gianfaldoni by Gaetano Donizetti - a tragic story of love and death - was a dramatic success. Tenor Timothy Fallon sang with a particularly captivating and flexible voice with a clear timbre, and gave a performance of dramatic descriptiveness. But also the resonant Mezzo of Merit Ostermann and the balmy and beautiful voice of Bass-baritone Randal Turner (in Canto XXXIII) left brilliant impressions - one of the outstanding highlights of the evening. [...]"
http://www.donaukurier.de/nachrichten/kultur/art598,1976793
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