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Source: Argus 27 December 1887, p.8.
I Due Studenti single work   musical theatre   opera  
The Two Students
Issue Details: First known date: 1887... 1887 I Due Studenti
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A romantic opera in the Italian tradition, it is set in sixteenth-century Spain where two impoverished students stay in a supposedly haunted castle once owned by Jews. Each is in love with the same beautiful woman they met once, but who used a different name when first meeting them. During a storm Naomi, in disguise, searches the castle for her uncle's will in the hope that it will restore their fortunes. Each of the students recognises her as his love. She denies them and they take her for the devil in disguise. Furthermore, the peasants want to kill her, as they believe she is a witch. Sebastiano saves her, and she proposes. He cannot marry a Jew, however. Inigo finds a document showing that not only is she a Christian, but that he and Naomi are in fact cousins - a situation which allows Sebastino and Naomi to marry.

[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]

Notes

  • The opera, greeted with admiration for the mere fact that it was staged, was nonetheless given a distinctly modified response from the critics and public. Although meant to be comic, this did not come across, while the dramatic content was also weak. The music, written with taste (and with some songs providing an element of appeal) was viewed, however, as lacking variety

Production Details

  • 1887: Alexandra Theatre (Melb); 27 Dec. -

    • Manager/Lessee Martin Simonsen; Music Director/Conductor Roberto Hazon.
    • Troupe: New Royal Italian Opera Company.
    • Cast incl. Giovanna Cavalleri (Naomi), Giuseppe Santinelli (Sebastio), Attilio Buzzi (Inigo), G. Johnson, T. Morgan, Miss Graupner.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1887
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Works about this Work

The Opera: 'I Due Studenti' 1887 single work review
— Appears in: The Argus , 28 December 1887; (p. 5)
— Review of I Due Studenti Ugo Catani , 1887 single work musical theatre
The Opera: 'I Due Studenti' 1887 single work review
— Appears in: The Argus , 28 December 1887; (p. 5)
— Review of I Due Studenti Ugo Catani , 1887 single work musical theatre
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Note:
This entry has been sourced from on-going historical research into Australian-written music theatre being conducted by Dr Clay Djubal.
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