Jone; ossia, L'ultimo giorno di Pompei (Jone; or, The Last Day of Pompeii / 1858 Petrella / Peruzzini), opera (music & libretto), Milan premiere (cast)
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Jone; ossia, L'ultimo giorno di Pompei <Italian> / Jone; or, The Last Day of Pompeii (1858) is an opera, set to music by Enrico Petrella.
~ Original libretto by Giovanni Peruzzini, after The Last Days of Pompeii (1834 Lytton), novel.
Abstract
“Drama lirico in quattro atti.”
Cast (Milan premiere) and characters
- Giovanni Guicciardi = Arbace, egiziano, gran sacerdote d'Iside (baritone)
- Augusta Albertini-Baucardè = Jone (soprano)
- Carlo Negrini = Glauco, ateniese (tenor)
- Carmelina Poch = Nidia, schiava tessala (mezzosoprano)
- Annibale Biacchi = Burbo, taverniere, un tempo gladiatore (bass)
- Giuseppe Bernasconi = Sallustio, giovane patrizio, amico di Glauco (bass)
- Carlo Baucardé = Clodio, giovane patrizio, amico di Glauco (tenor)
- Lindia Fiorio = Dirce, schiava di Jone (mezzosoprano)
Editions
Published in Naples, Italy: Clausetti, ca1857.
Translations
Translated into English (1863).
Performance history
Premiered in Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy: 26 January 1858.
An international success, not only all over Italy, but in the rest of the world as well. It remained in the repertory for close to 50 years, being last given in Caracas in 1981. This performance has been recorded and issued both on LP and CD.