Stefano Pavesi's work was swept away by the Rossini operatic avalanche and he is now almost forgotten, but while his vibrantly entertaining (though not without a touch of melancholy) melodrama giocoso Ser Marcantonio has many Rossini an features the young Gioachino's operatic career was yet to begin when it was first staged. The libretto sets up a typical late eighteenth-century opera buff a plot full of intrigue, buffoonery, disguises and cases of mistaken identity, which may be summarized as "about preventing an old fool from making an ill-advised marriage and stopping his heir from gaining his rightful inheritance".
19 Tu M'attacca - Di Sposa la Fede - Ho Steso Gia - Viva, Viva Gli Sposi
- Disc 2 -
1 Son Pronti I Falegnami
2 Cheti Cheti la Dentro in Quella Stanza - Ah! Sensale Briccon!
3 Per Piacere Al Mio Sposino
4 Insomma, Che Cos'hai, Caro Marito
5 Son Pronti I Falegnami
6 Andate Via Di Qua
7 Brutto E Vecchio
8 Ebben... Questa Commedia
9 Vicino Quest'alma
10 Amico, Ecco Il Momento
11 Or Capisco, Che Siete
12 Povero Marcantonio!
13 Or Che Tra I Taciti
14 Impaziente Aspetto
15 Un Che in Eta Decrepita
16 Voi Di Qua
17 La Calunnia E Un Gran Delitto
18 Che Dite, Signor Zio
19 Adunque Siamo Intesi - Che Mi Narri - Ritorni Sereno
Stefano Pavesi's work was swept away by the Rossini operatic avalanche and he is now almost forgotten, but while his vibrantly entertaining (though not without a touch of melancholy) melodrama giocoso Ser Marcantonio has many Rossini an features the young Gioachino's operatic career was yet to begin when it was first staged. The libretto sets up a typical late eighteenth-century opera buff a plot full of intrigue, buffoonery, disguises and cases of mistaken identity, which may be summarized as "about preventing an old fool from making an ill-advised marriage and stopping his heir from gaining his rightful inheritance".
