Dátum vydania: 23. 1. 2025
CD 1
Act I
1 Preludio
2 Scena I. Coro: O! Biagio protettore
3 Scena II. Biagio, Menico, Nicola, Coro: Padron mio bello e caro!
4 Scena III. Menico, Biagio: Se perdo i vespri a starti ad ascoltare
5 Scena IV. Coro, Nicola, Biagio, Menico: A nozze vʼha invitati
6 Scena V. Biagio, Menico, Luze: Ah, acerbe e fracide!
7 Scena VI. Marussa, Luze, Biagio: Tu che sì buona appari
8 Scena VII. Lorenzo: Sebben io passi
9 Scena VIII. Lorenzo, Marussa: Ho tuo padre incontrato
10 Scena IX. Coro, Lorenzo, Marussa: La piange!
11 Scena ultima. Menico, Lorenzo, Marussa: Non lʼho trovato!
Act II
12 Scena I. Menico, Biagio: E nulla! Ancora nulla?
13 Scena II. Menico: Diavolo dʼuomʼ!
CD 2
Act II
1 Scena III. Marussa, Menico: Mio padre!
2 Scena IV. Biagio, Menico, Marussa: Si può? Si può?
3 Scena V. Menico, Biagio, Marussa, Nicola: Marussa piange?
4 Scena VI. Menico, Biagio, Nicola: Non cʼè che dir
5 Scena VII. Menico, Biagio, Marussa, Nicola, Lorenzo: Marussa, buona sera
Act III
6 Preludio
7 Scena I, II. Marussa: Chi batte?
8 Scena III. Menico: Marussa a che ti attardi, presto, fanciulla mia
9 Scena IV. Luze: Ecco, Lorenzo è qui
10 Scena V. Nicola, Marussa, Lorenzo, Biagio, Menico: Marussa, ancora non siete abbigliata?
If you take a closer look, the composer Antonio Smareglia belonged to three cultures at once. His father was Italian from Friuli, his mother Croatian, he himself was born in Pola on the Istrian peninsula, which was still part of Austria-Hungary at the time - and yet he managed to make a name for himself across the borders of national identities, particularly with his operas. One of his greatest successes was Nozze istriane ("Istrian Wedding"), which was premiered in Trieste on March 28, 1895 - a rural love tragedy that the famous poet Luigi Illica put into words and the composer into music that skillfully avoids the obvious verismo with its rich melodies: A pair of lovers are not allowed to marry because the son of a rich man desires the girl; the young woman is deceitfully convinced that her lover has abandoned her; when the lie comes to light at the end, it is too late. A knife thrust puts an end to happiness!