List of operas by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

This is a complete list of the operas of the Italian composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876–1948).

List

Title Genre Sub­divisions Libretto Première date Place, theatre
Irene composer composed 1895–6, but unperformed
La Camargo Maria Pezze-Pascollato, after Alfred de Musset composed 1897, but unpublished
Cenerentola
(later revised as Aschenbrödel)		 fiaba musicale 3 acts Maria Pezze-Pascollato, after Charles Perrault 22 February 1900 Venice, La Fenice
Le donne curiose
(Die neugierigen Frauen)		 opera 3 acts Luigi Sugana, after Carlo Goldoni 27 November 1903 Munich, Residenz
I quatro rusteghi
(Die vier Grobiane)		 comic opera 3 acts Luigi Sugana and Giuseppe Pizzolato, after Carlo Goldoni 19 March 1906 Munich, Hoftheater
Il segreto di Susanna
(Susannens Geheimnis)		 intermezzo 1 act Enrico Golisciani 4 December 1909 Munich, Hoftheater
I gioielli della Madonna
(Der Schmuck der Madonna)		 opera 3 acts Enrico Golisciani and Carlo Zangarini 23 December 1911 Berlin, Kurfürstenoper
L'amore medico
(Der Liebhaber als Arzt)		 opera 2 acts Enrico Golisciani, after Molière's L'amour médicin 4 December 1913 Dresden, Hoftheater
Gli amanti sposi opera giocosa 3 acts Luigi Sugana, Giuseppe Pizzolato, Enrico Golisciani and Giovacchino Forzano, after Carlo Goldoni's Il ventaglio (1765) 19 February 1925 Venice, La Fenice
Das Himmelskleid
(La veste di cielo)		 Legende 3 acts composer, after "Donkeyskin" by Charles Perrault 21 April 1927 Munich, Nationaltheater
Sly opera 3 acts Giovacchino Forzano, after Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew 29 December 1927 Milan, La Scala
La vedova scaltra opera 3 acts Mario Ghisalberti, after Carlo Goldoni 5 March 1931 Rome, Teatro Reale dell'Opera
Il campiello commedia lirica 3 acts Mario Ghisalberti, after Carlo Goldoni 12 February 1936 Milan, La Scala
La dama boba commedia lirica 3 acts Mario Ghisalberti, after Lope de Vega's play of the same title 1 February 1939 Milan, La Scala
Gli dei a Tebe
(Der Kuckuck in Theben)		 3 acts Ludwig Anderson (Ludwig Strecker) and Mario Ghisalberti 4 June 1943 Hanover, Staatsoper

References

  • Waterhouse, John C G (1992), "Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7