Nina o sia La pazza per amore

Teatro di San Carlo, Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy

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Important Info

Type: Opera

City: Naples, Italy

Starts at: 20:00

Acts: 2

Intervals: 1

Duration: 1h 50min

Ticket delivery: E-Tickets

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Overview

A masterpiece of tenderness and emotional refinement, Giovanni Paisiello’s Nina, o sia La pazza per amore returns in a new production at Teatro di San Carlo. One of the composer’s most celebrated operas, this rarely performed gem occupies a special place in the history of Italian opera, admired for its graceful melodies, intimate drama, and sensitive portrayal of love and psychological fragility.

The story centres on Nina, a young woman who loses her sanity after believing that her beloved Lindoro has been killed. Living in a world shaped by memories and hope, she is lovingly cared for by her family while those around her search for a way to restore her happiness. As the truth gradually emerges, the opera unfolds as a touching journey through sorrow, compassion, and the healing power of love, leading to a deeply moving and uplifting conclusion.

Rather than relying on grand spectacle, Nina draws its strength from the sincerity of its characters and the beauty of its music, offering audiences an intimate and deeply human operatic experience.

New production of the Teatro di San Carlo

History

Premiere of this production: 25 June 1789, Teatro del Reale Sito di Belvedere, Caserta, San Leucio

Nina, o sia La pazza per amore (Nina, or Madly in Love) is an opera, described in 1790 as a commedia in prosa ed in verso per musica, in two acts by Giovanni Paisiello to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Battista Lorenzi after Giuseppe Carpani's translation of Benoît-Joseph Marsollier's Nina, ou La folle par amour, set by Nicolas Dalayrac in 1786. The work is a sentimental comedy with set numbers, recitative and spoken dialog. It is set in Italy in the 18th century. Nina was first performed in a one-act version at the Teatro del Reale Sito di Belvedere in Caserta, San Leucio on 25 June 1789. The revised and familiar two-act work was presented at the Teatro dei Fiorentini in Naples in the autumn of 1790.

Synopsis

Act I

As the opera opens, Nina, the Count's daughter, has gone mad due to a broken heart. We learn that she was to marry Lindoro, with her father's approval, but on their wedding day a richer and more powerful suitor turned up, and the Count broke his word. Lindoro challenged his rival to a duel, and was killed. Now she wanders around the village doing good deeds for the people, who all adore her. The Count is tortured by remorse.

Nina goes to the crossroads at the same hour every day to wait for her lover. The villagers come to comfort her, and sing her favourite song. Nina sings in anticipation of meeting Lindoro, but when he fails to appear, Nina leaves flowers at the waiting place and returns to the village.

Act II

The Count's valet appears with good news: it turns out Lindoro is still alive. Giorgio tells his master that Lindoro is at the castle gates hoping to see his darling. The Count greets Lindoro with tears of joy. Lindoro tells him that he was seriously wounded and nursed back to health by a friend. He has stayed away until now, believing Nina married his rival. He is aghast to hear that his beloved has lost her mind.

The lovers are reunited, and Nina is restored to sanity.

Venue Info

Teatro di San Carlo - Naples
Via San Carlo, 98

The Teatro Reale di San Carlo (Royal Theatre of Saint Charles), as originally named by the Bourbon monarchy but today known simply as the Teatro di San Carlo, is an opera house in Naples, Italy, connected to the Royal Palace and adjacent to the Piazza del Plebiscito. It is the oldest continuously active venue for opera in the world, having opened in 1737, decades before either Milan's La Scala or Venice's La Fenice. The opera season runs from late January to May, with the ballet season taking place from April to early June. The house once had a seating capacity of 3,285, but has now been reduced to 1,386 seats. Given its size, structure and antiquity, it was the model for theatres that were later built in Europe.

Important Info

Type: Opera

City: Naples, Italy

Starts at: 20:00

Acts: 2

Intervals: 1

Duration: 1h 50min

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