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Una questione d’onore op.62 (2010)

Chamber opera in one act
Libretto by Riccardo Riccardi drawn from Arthur Schnitzler
Marcello Lippi, Bar/Actor; Roberto Caberlotto, Accord; Gilberto Meneghin, Synth; Michele Zappaterra, Pno

Prologue

At the theater: the baker’s offense

Girolamo’s night

Girolamo’s thoughts

Girolamo falls asleep

At morning Mass

At the cafe


Não sou nada op.63 (2011)

Song cycle for soprano and piano
Texts drawn from Fernando Pessoa
Isabel Barbosa, Sop; Riccardo Riccardi, Pno

Reduzi ao mìnimo

Ha un cansaço

Leve

Un dia de chuva

Todas as cartas de amor são ridiculas

Não sou nada



Shakespeare & Gossip op.64 (2012)

Chamber opera in three tableaux and epilogue
Libretto by Riccardo Riccardi freely drawn from Caprice by Ronald Firbank
Ronia Weyhenmeyer, Sop; Manuela Festuccia, Mez; Giacomo Balla, Bar; The Soloists of the Orchestra Classica di Roma: Raffaele Iannicelli, Cond; Salvatore Cardone, Dir

Highlights

Trailer


Il testamento op.66 (2013)

A theatrical play with musical arias
Text by Riccardo Riccardi (Text in English)
Margaret Bridge, singer/actress; Dearbhla Collins, pianist/actress; Richard Thomas, Vln; Cormac O’Brian, Vlc

It’s so nice to live in this town

Where were you?

Così sei di nuovo qua, Casanova

Un’altra notte appena passata

Let’s start to work now



Moving Out op.72 (2015)

A theatrical play with arias and duets
Text by Riccardo Riccardi (Text in English)
Elisa Prosperi, singer/actress; Virginia Guidi, singer/actress; Riccardo Riccardi, Pno

Twenty-four times eighteen

I walk down the street here in New York

But you always are blackmailed



I cori della banalità op.61bis (2010-2018)

For female voice, mixed chorus, wind quintet, timpani and organ
From the opera F.S.S.P.A.
Texts by Riccardo Riccardi
Federica Paganini, Mez; Ensemble Vocale Thesaurus: Alberto Galletti, Cond; Davide Stanzione, Fl;  Paolo Verrecchia, Ob;  Claudia Masu, Cl; Stefano Berluti, Cr;  Mirko Nunziante, Bsn; José Manuel Mires, Timp; Paolo Tagliaferri, Org; Stefano Mastrangelo, Cond



L'ascensore(2016)

Opera in three condominium meetings and epilogue
Libretto by Riccardo Riccardi
Tiffany Delguste,  Stella Alonzi, Moe Iwasaki, Sop; Federica Tuccillo, Mez; Lee Taehym, Hao De Zheng, Oh Gyeong Taeg, Ten: Niu Tian, Bar; Li Lutailong, Bs-Bar; Santa Cecilia Panama Ensemble: Stefano Mastrangelo, Cond; Stefano Piacenti, Dir


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