歌剧《开罗的鹅》L'oca del Cairo K.422
概况Overview
莫扎特歌剧《开罗的鹅》，2幕歌剧，K422，作于1783年。
简介Introduction
莫扎特：开罗的鹅 MOZART: L'oca del Cairo
这部《开罗的鹅》，2幕歌剧，K422，作于1783年。
唱片
其版本可选：
1.施雷尔1990年指挥C. P. E. 巴赫乐团版(Fischer-Dieskau、Wiens、Schreier、Johnson，Cobum、Scharinger、Nielsen演唱)，Philips，CD编号422 539-2。这张唱片上另有莫扎特未完成的《受骗的丈夫》。莫扎特全集第三十九集，《企鹅》评介三星。
2.罗特曼(Rotman)1991年指挥特兰斯帕兰特(Transparant)歌剧院乐团版(Bekaert、Paal、Loonen、Mich、Schoon、Bischoff、Anthoni演唱)，CPD，CD编号999 104-2。这张唱片上另收有莫扎特未完成的《受骗的丈夫》。
L'oca del Cairo is an opera buffa in three acts, K. 422, begun by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in July 1783 but abandoned in October. The complete three act libretto by Giovanni Battista Varesco remains. Mozart completed seven of the ten numbers of the first act, plus some recitative; his music amounts to about 45 minutes.
The title is usually translated as The Goose of Cairo but sometimes as The Cairo Goose. Don Pippo, a Spanish Marquess, keeps his only daughter Celidora locked up in his tower. She is betrothed to Count Lionetto, but her true love is Biondello, a wealthy gentleman. Biondello makes a bet with the Marquis that if he can rescue Celidora from the tower within a year he wins her hand in marriage. He succeeds by having himself smuggled into the tower garden inside a large mechanical goose.
Mozart's correspondence shows he was seeking a comical plot to please the Viennese, but abandoned Varesco's libretto after six months because of its silly ending, a farcical travesty of the Trojan Horse legend.
The first stage performance was on 6 June 1867 at Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes, Paris.Several versions have been prepared by adapting other music. The first performance (in concert) was in Frankfurt in April 1860 with numbers taken from Lo sposo deluso and some concert arias. Fragments from both these incomplete operas plus Der Schauspieldirektor have been combined as Waiting for Figaro, performed in 2002 by the Bampton Classical Opera.
There are a few recordings.