List of operas by Franco Alfano
This is a list of the operas of the Italian composer Franco Alfano (1876–1954).
List[edit]
| Title | Genre | Subdivisions | Libretto | Première date | Place, theatre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miranda | 2 acts | composer | unperformed | Composed 1896. After Miranda by Fogazzaro. | ||
| La fonte di Enschir | opera seria | 2 acts | Luigi Illica | 8 November 1898 | Wrocław, Stadttheater | Performed in German. |
| Risurrezione | dramma lirico | 4 acts | Cesare Hanau and Camillo Antona Traversi | 30 November 1904 | Turin, Teatro Vittorio Emanuele | After Resurrection by Tolstoy. |
| Il principe Zilah | dramma lirico | 1 prologue, 2 acts and 1 epilogue | Luigi Illica | 3 February 1909 | Genoa, Teatro Carlo Felice | After Jules Claretie. |
| I cavalieri e la bella | 3 acts | Giuseppe Adami and Tomaso Monicelli | Composed 1910. Unfinished. | |||
| L'ombra di Don Giovanni | dramma lirico | 3 acts | Ettore Moschino | 2 April 1914 | Milan, Teatro alla Scala | |
| La leggenda di Sakuntala | 3 acts | composer | 10 December 1921 | Bologna, Teatro Comunale | After Abhijñānaśākuntalam by Kālidāsa. | |
| Madonna Imperia | commedia musicale | 1 act | Arturo Rossato | 15 May 1927 | Turin, Teatro di Torino | After La Belle Imperia by Balzac. |
| L'ultimo Lord | opera semiseria | 3 acts | Ugo Falena and Arturo Rossato | 19 April 1930 | Naples, Teatro San Carlo | After Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett. |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | commedia eroica | 4 acts | Henri Caïn | 22 January 1936 | Rome, Teatro dell'Opera | After Rostand. Italian translation by Cesare Meano and Filippo Brusa. |
| Don Juan de Manara | dramma lirico | 3 acts | Ettore Moschino | 12 June 1941 | Florence, Teatro Comunale | New version of L'ombra di Don Giovanni. |
| Il dottor Antonio | opera | 3 acts | Mario Ghisalberti | 30 April 1949 | Rome, Teatro dell'Opera | After Dottor Antonio by Giovanni Ruffini. |
| Vesuvius | opera for radio | Vittorio Viviani | 13 November 1950 | Transmitted by RAI | ||
| Sakùntala | 3 acts | composer | 9 January 1952 | Roma, Teatro dell'Opera | Reconstruction of La leggenda di Sakuntala. |
Sources[edit]
- John C.G. Waterhouse, Alfano, Franco, in New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2001
- Alberto Pironti, Alfano, Franco in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 2 (1960)