Don Procopio
Opera
Don Procopio is a two-act opera buffa by Georges Bizet with an Italian libretto completed in 1859, and first performed in 1906.
Synopsis
The plot is almost identical to Don Pasquale by Donizetti. Don Andronico, an old miser, wants to marry his niece Bettina to another miser, Don Procopio, because he is worried that a young man will spend all her money. Bettina is however in love with Colonel Odoardo. Assisted by her aunt Eusebia and brother Ernesto, she plans to thwart the old men. Procopio is terrified that Bettina appears to be a grasping spendthrift, and tries to get out of the marriage. When she insists that he do so, he abandons the contract and flees, and Andronico consents to the union of the young lovers.
- Ouverture
Acte I
- Aria de Bettina: “Voler che sposi un vecchio”
- Aria de Ernesto: “Non v'é, signor, di lei”
- Coro “Gran piacer son gli sponsali”
- Duo Eufemia - Don Andronico “Voi no siete che suo zio”
- Finale de l'acte I. “Il paese é tutto pieno”
- Marcia guerriera
- Trio Bettina - Ernesto - Odoardo “Che caro progetto”
Acte II
- Coro finale “Viva il conte!”
- Duo Bettina - Don Procopio “lo di tutto mi contento”
- Duo Bettina - Odoardo “Per me beato appieno”
- Sérénade de Oduardo “Sulle piume dell' amore”
- Trio Ernesto - Don Procopio - Don Andronico “Se Lei di parola”
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.