Listen A questa pellegrina MP3 Piano accompaniment download Soprano aria From Il marito giocatore By Giuseppe Orlandini Link to sheet music here Historical information Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676–1760) composed Il marito giocatore, an intermezzo—a short, comic opera traditionally performed between the acts of a serious opera. The plot centers on the humorous domestic battles …
- A questa pellegrina MP3
- Piano accompaniment download
- Soprano aria
- From Il marito giocatore
- By Giuseppe Orlandini
- Link to sheet music here
Historical information
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676–1760) composed Il marito giocatore, an intermezzo—a short, comic opera traditionally performed between the acts of a serious opera. The plot centers on the humorous domestic battles between Bacocco, a compulsive gambler, and Serpilla, his sharp-tongued, long-suffering wife. Hugely popular in its time, the work became one of the most frequently performed musical dramas of the 18th century, staged widely across Europe. It circulated under several titles, including Serpilla e Bacocco, Il marito giocatore e la moglie becchatona (“The Gambler Husband and the Nagging Wife”), and in English, The Gamester. The intermezzo premiered in Venice in 1719.
The version from which we obtained the manuscript is scored for soprano and bass, although Orlandini scored it for mezzo-soprano and bass in other versions and the aria is printed in its original key. This aria opens Act III, with Serpilla begging for money after her husband, Bacocco, has thrown her out of the house.
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A questa pellegrina MP3
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- A questa pellegrina MP3
- Piano accompaniment download
- Soprano aria
- From Il marito giocatore
- By Giuseppe Orlandini
- Link to sheet music here
Historical information
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676–1760) composed Il marito giocatore, an intermezzo—a short, comic opera traditionally performed between the acts of a serious opera. The plot centers on the humorous domestic battles between Bacocco, a compulsive gambler, and Serpilla, his sharp-tongued, long-suffering wife. Hugely popular in its time, the work became one of the most frequently performed musical dramas of the 18th century, staged widely across Europe. It circulated under several titles, including Serpilla e Bacocco, Il marito giocatore e la moglie becchatona (“The Gambler Husband and the Nagging Wife”), and in English, The Gamester. The intermezzo premiered in Venice in 1719.
The version from which we obtained the manuscript is scored for soprano and bass, although Orlandini scored it for mezzo-soprano and bass in other versions and the aria is printed in its original key. This aria opens Act III, with Serpilla begging for money after her husband, Bacocco, has thrown her out of the house.
