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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

Não sou nada

op.63 (2011)

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

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

Shakespeare & Gossip Suite

op.64 bis (2015)

For chamber orchestra
Scoring: Fl, Ob, Cl, Bs-Cl, Tpt, Perc (1 or 2 perf), El-Guit, Pno (or Keyboard) Strings(or 2Vln,Vla,Vlc,D-B

Premier: Krakow, Music Academy, 10/16/2015,
Spoldzielnia Muzyczna; Maciej Koczur, Cond

Il testamento

op.66 (2013 – 2019)

A theatrical play with arias and ensembles
Text by Riccardo Riccardi
Characters: Paola (in her fifties) soprano/actress; Claudia (five years older) soprano/actress; Tina (an eldery maid) mezzo-soprano/actress
Scoring: Solo Pno, El-Guit, 2 Vln, Vla, Vlc, D–B (or string orchestra)

Premiered in Italian in the revised version:
Roma, Teatro di Villa Torlonia, 10/13/2021
Veronica Aracri S; Beatrice Fallocco S; Hyeonsol Park MS; Gruppo strumentale del Conservatorio Santa Cecilia; Daniele Ruffino, Cond; Novella Tabili, Dir; Claudia Federici, Stage design; Accademia di Belle Arti Roma, Sets and costumes; Marco Pamieri, Lighting design

Concerto for piano and six instruments

op.13 ter (1983 Rev. 2014)

Instrumentation: Solo Pno, Fl, Cl, 2Vln, Vla, Vlc
Premiere: Budapest, Liszt Academy, 06/23/2014
ZAK Ensemble, Balázs Horváth, Cond

Il direttore

op.71 (2012 – 2017)

Opera in one act and epilogue

Libretto by Riccardo Riccardi inspired by Der Kammersänger by Frank Wedekind

Characters: Oskar Girardi, a young conductor/Olivo, tenor; Maestro Nari, an old composer/Casanova, bass; Superintendent, Ms. Giovanna Gori, mezzosoprano; Secretary/Amalia, soprano; Assistant/Lorenzi, baritone.
Scoring: Sop-Rec, Fl, Ob/E.Hn, Cl, Cl-B, 2Hn, Tpt, Trbn, Euph, Tuba, Perc (S-Dr, 2Tom-toms, Susp-Cymb, Trgl, Glsp) Hpschd, Pno, Vln (from 1 to 6), Vla (from 1 to 4), Vc (from 1 to 4)

Premiere: Roma, Teatro di Villa Torlonia, 05-22-2019   
Alessandro Lanzi, T; Chihiro Hachiya, B; Aurora Rosa Savinelli, MS; Miho Takamatsu, S: Seong Dong Yeol, Bar; Giorgio Bellido Rivera, T; Gruppo strumentale del Conservatorio Santa Cecilia; Stefano Mastrangelo, Cond; Stefano Piacenti, Dir

Moving Out

op.72 (2015 – 2019)

A theatrical play with arias and ensembles
Text by Riccardo Riccardi
Characters: Nora (in her fifties) soprano/actress; Nadia (in her mid-twenties) soprano/actress; Ralph (New York realtor), tenor/actor

Scoring: Solo Pno, El-Guit, 2 Vln, Vla, Vlc, D–B (or string orchestra)

Premiered in Italian in the revised version:
Roma, Teatro di Villa Torlonia, 10/13/2021
Mary Rosada S; Marta Pacifici S; Haiyang Guo T; Gruppo strumentale del Conservatorio Santa Cecilia; Daniele Ruffino, Cond; Novella Tabili, Dir; Claudia Federici, Stage design; Accademia di Belle Arti Roma, Sets and costumes; Marco Pamieri, Lighting design

I cori della banalità

op.61 bis (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

op. 73 (2016)

Opera in three condominium meetings and epilogue
Libretto by Riccardo Riccardi

Characters: Ms.von Bülow, coloratura soprano; Lucilla, soprano; Miss Palma De Lollis, soprano; Gilda Cipollaro, mezzosoprano; Claudio Petrozzi, tenor; Cosimo Colacino, tenor; Engineer Sparapia, tenor; Architect Ranaldi, baritone; Dr. Mustacchio, bass-baritone
Instrumentation: Sop-Rec/Alto-Rec, Fl/Alto-Fl, Ob/Eng-Hn, Cl/Bs-Cl, 2Hn, Tpt, Trb, Tuba, Perc (Timp, Glock, S-Dr, 2 Tom-toms, Susp Cymb, Trg) Pno, Vc
Duration: circa. 60m

Premiere: Roma, Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia, Sala Accademica, Santa Cecilia in Via Giulia, 05-13-18
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