| Il campiello | |
|---|---|
| commedia lirica by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari | |
 The composer in 1906 | |
| Translation | The Little Square |
| Librettist | Mario Ghisalberti |
| Language | Italian (Venetian dialect) |
| Based on | Il campiello by Carlo Goldoni |
| Premiere | |
Il campiello (The Little Square) is an opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. The libretto was by Mario Ghisalberti,[1] after the famous comedy of the same name written for the 1756 Venetian Carnival by the great Venetian playwright, Carlo Goldoni.
Referred to as a commedia lirica, it is an ensemble opera influenced by Mozart, as well as Giuseppe Verdi's last opera Falstaff. It is concerned with the public lives of the volatile inhabitants of a "campiello" in Venice and is sung in the local dialect (except for two Neapolitan roles).
- ^ "Mario Ghisalberti | Archivio Storico Ricordi | Collezione Digitale". www.digitalarchivioricordi.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25.