by G. Ph. Telemann
This intermezzo was one of Telemann’s greatest successes in the opera genre. It was usual at the time to intercalate comical themes, with lighter music, during the intervals of great tragedies. Pimpinone was composed in 1725 to be presented during the intervals of the opera Der Geduldige Socrates.
The libretto, by Johann Philipp Praetorius, was based on the operetta plot put into music 15 years earlier by Albinoni (Astarto). It was composed eight years before La Serva Padrona, by Pergolesi, whose plot is similar, and, currently, better known. In our version we have kept the arias in Italian, as in the original, but we have substituted the recitatives in German for the version in Portuguese
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Teatro II, Rio de Janeiro, September 1998
III Festival de Ópera de Manaus, Teatro Amazonas, May 1999
Palácio da Cidade, Rio de Janeiro, July 2000
Musical direction, conducting at the harpsichord and translation of the recitatives: Marcelo Fagerlande
Stage direction: Inácio de Nonno and Carol McDavit
Cast: Inácio de Nonno and Carol McDavit
Costumes: Kalma Murtinho
Lighting: Rogério Wiltgen