Il tutore burlato

Vicente Martín i Soler

May 30 to June 7 2020

Teatre Martín i Soler

NEW PRODUCTION OF LES ARTS

The Centre de Perfeccionament Palau de Les Arts pays tribute to the greatest Valencian composer

Opera buffa in three acts
Booklet by Filippo Livigni,
based on La finta semplice ossia Il Tutore Burlato by Pasquale Mililotti
Spoken and sung show in italian. Subtitles available in English, Spanish.
Friendly, jovial and fresh as the landscape of the Roman countryside where his plot occurs, this first comedy by Vicente Martín i Soler evolves from veiled criticism to the strict social norms established in the mid-18th century towards the defense of freedom and love above convention and convenience, while exposing with cordial clairvoyance the new social positioning of women in the years prior to the French Revolution.

May 2020
30	saturday	19:00	Comprar
June 2020
01	monday	18:00	Comprar
04	thursday	20:00	Comprar
07	sunday	18:00	Comprar

The commitment of Les Arts to the Valencian culture continues, among the highest projectes, amb it recovered by the scene of the Vicente Martin and Soler. After the previous productions of L 'arbore di Diana i A strange thing, this season the Teatre Martín i Soler acull the representations of Il tutore burlato, the first opera that the composer writes to Espanya abans to leave to Nàpols per a start the seua European race.

Presentation

The action takes place in the town of Marino, near Rome.

Act I

Sir Lelio, a gentleman, confesses to his servant Anselmo that he has fallen in love with the young Violante. Ignoring that she is the pupil of his friend Fabrizio, he inquires after her. The tutor defines her as naive and reluctant to marry, but only because he intends to marry the young woman himself so as not to lose his fortune. The gentleman asks for help wooing Violante, and Fabrizio reluctantly agrees to assist him.

Violante expresses her contempt towards love and Fabrizio’s attempts to woo her. Pippo arrives, a wealthy shepherd who is of the same opinion as Violante when it comes to love. It also turns out that they both come from the same village. Although at first the conversation between the two is tense, she finally agrees to give him her hand “for pity’s sake.”

Fabrizio has to bite his tongue when he learns through Pippo about the shepherd’s conversation with Violante, who has fed him lunch “for pity’s sake.” Faced with the anger of her tutor, Violante feigns obedience, throwing a paper-wrapped stone at the shepherd. Upon reading the paper, Fabrizio confirms that Violante really does love Pippo and he flies into a rage. The gentleman appears and attacks Pippo when it becomes clear that the shepherd is his rival for the girl’s love. The scene ends in confusion.

Act II

Fabrizio tricks Violante by telling her that Pippo has a wife and children; he likewise tries to fool the shepherd into believing that Violante is to be married to her tutor, Pompeo Tiritappa. When Pippo and Violante meet again, the two begin to reproach each other, but finally the lies are cleared up and Fabrizio has to admit to Pippo that he is Violante’s tutor and that it is he that wants to marry the young woman. This makes him devise yet another plan, namely, to confine her in a house in a secluded forest.

The gentleman tries again to woo Violante, but she rejects him, leaving the young man to lament his bad luck.

In a forest, Fabrizio locks Violante in a house so that she cannot see Pippo, but the shepherd has followed them and finds a solution: the pupil will escape through a secret passage and Menica, Fabrizio’s daughter, will take her place to fool the tutor. When the gentleman appears once more to woo Violante, the situation takes an absurd turn, with Violante and Pippo pretending to be foreigners and not understand what the gentleman is saying. However, Fabrizio ends up discovering the deception.

Act III

Fleeing from Fabrizio’s anger, Violante loses her way in the forest. The gentleman and the tutor both look for her separately, but it is Pippo who finds her and they declare themselves united in marriage. When the others appear, they have no choice but to accept the situation and sing about the triumph of love.

Creative Team

Conductor	Stage Director and Set Designer	Costume Designer	Lighting Designer	New production
Cristóbal Soler	Jaume Policarpo	José María Adame	Antonio Castro	Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

Cast

Cantants del Centre de Perfeccionament Palau de Les Arts	Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

Services

Les Arts is a space for meetings, for socialization. For the public who loves performing arts, the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía offers different catering and catering services by Gourmet Catering & Spaces. Among these services is the Gastronomic Corner that is available in the Main Hall, a majestic, diaphanous and avant-garde space with spectacular views of the Turia River gardens and the city of Valencia. This innovative proposal is served in all the entreactos of the functions, with a spectacular staging of gastronomy. Attendees can enjoy, throughout the intermission, the different gastronomic corners with a careful selection of references of sweets, savory, fruits and sushi showcooking, as well as cava and champagne bars, which vary according to the different operas so that Fans enjoy a great culinary suggestion adapted and personalized according to each season.