I quatro rusteghi

I quatro rusteghi
Comic opera by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
The composer in 1906
TranslationThe Four Curmudgeons
Librettist
LanguageItalian (Venetian dialect)
Based onI rusteghi
by Carlo Goldoni
Premiere
19 March 1906 (1906-03-19) (in German)
Hoftheater, Munich

I quatro rusteghi (The Four Curmudgeons, The Four Ruffians, in Edward J. Dent's translation School for Fathers, also translated by James Benner as Foolish Fathers[1] [2]) is a comic opera in three acts, music by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to a libretto by Luigi Sugana [it] and Giuseppe Pizzolato based on Carlo Goldoni's 18th-century play I rusteghi. The opera is written in Venetian dialect, hence "quatro" instead of "quattro".

  1. ^ "Framed Opera Poster for WVU Production of "Foolish Fathers" by Wolf-Ferrari [this production is likely of a unique translation of "I quattro rusteghi," often translated as "The Four Curmudgeons," "The Four Ruffians," or "School for Fathers"], undated". West Virginia University West Virginia & Regional History Center. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Piano-Vocal Score of "Foolish Fathers" by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari with English Translation by James Benner [this piece is likely a unique translation of "I quattro rusteghi," often translated as "The Four Curmudgeons," "The Four Ruffians," or "School for Fathers"], undated". West Virginia University West Virginia & Regional History Center. Retrieved 4 September 2022.