Il burbero di buon core: Vicent Martín i Soler

About the Event

Jordi Savall conducts Il burbero di buon core by Vicent Martín i Soler, with a cast including Elena de la Merced and Veronique Gens at the Gran Teatre del Liceu.

This is the first staging at the Gran Teatre del Liceu of Il burbero di buon core (The Good‐hearted Curmudgeon), a dramma giocoso by the composer from Valencia, Vicent Martín i Soler. The libretto, by the famous Lorenzo Da Ponte, is based on Le bourru bienfaisant (1771), a play written in French by Carlo Goldoni. Of the three opere buffe Martín i Soler wrote in Vienna, all in partnership with Da Ponte, this was the first. Martín i Soler embarked on his brilliant career in Naples. He spent several periods at court in Madrid and settled in Vienna in the 1780s. From there was summoned by Catherine II to Saint Petersburg, where he died in 1806.

Il burbero di buon cuore was premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 4 January 1786, the same year as Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. When both works were revived in Vienna three years later, Mozart wrote new arias for them and the two arias he added to Il burbero have remained in the score. It is a typical comedy, tinged with the pathos and sentimentality of the new bourgeois drama.

Forty‐five minutes before each performance, an information session about the opera, open to all  members of the audience, will be held in the Foyer.

New co‐production: Gran Teatre del Liceu / Teatro Real

Conductor: Jordi Savall
Stage direction: Irina Brook
Scenography: Noëlle Ginéfri
Costumes: Sylvie Martin‐Hyszka
Lighting: Vinicio Cheli

Cast:
Elena de la Merced, Veronique Gens, Patricia Bardon, David Alegret, Paolo Fanale, Marco Vinco, Carlos Chausson, Josep Miquel Ramon and the Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu.

In some areas of the Gran Teatre del Liceu it is possible to be seated with a partially obstructed view of the stage. The Gran Teatre del Liceu recommends Zone 2 for the finest and completely unobstructed view of the performance. The stage is not visable from seats starting in row 2 of Zone 8.  A monitor is provided for following the performance in this section. Only available for operas.