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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

L'oca del Cairo, K.422

Opera

K. 422 Composed 1783 Stage

L'oca del Cairo (The Goose of Cairo or The Cairo Goose, K. 422) is an incomplete Italian opera buffa in three acts, begun by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in July 1783 but abandoned in October. The complete libretto by Giambattista Varesco remains. Mozart composed seven of the ten numbers of the first act, plus some recitative, as well a sketch for a further aria; the extant music amounts to about 45 minutes.

The autograph manuscript of the opera is preserved in the Berlin State Library.

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Synopsis

Don Pippo, a Spanish Marquess, keeps his only daughter Celidora locked up in his tower. She is betrothed to Count Lionetto, but her true love is Biondello, a wealthy gentleman. Biondello makes a bet with the Marquis that if he can rescue Celidora from the tower within a year he wins her hand in marriage.
He succeeds by having himself smuggled into the tower garden inside a large mechanical goose.

Act I

  1. (Erik Smith reconstruction): Act I, No. 5a Duetto "Ho un pensiero nel cervello" (Chichibio, Auretta)
  2. (Erik Smith reconstruction): Act I, Scene III. No. 1 Duetto "Così si fa" (Auretta, Chichibio)
  3. (Erik Smith reconstruction): Act I, Scene IV-VI. Recitativo "Auretta mia, Chichibio, vi saluto" (Calandrino, Auretta, Chichibio)
  4. (Erik Smith reconstruction): Act I, Scene VI. No. 2 Aria "Se fosse qui nascoso" (Auretta, Chichibio)
  5. (Erik Smith reconstruction): Act I, Scene VI. Recitativo "Buon pro', Signori" (Chichibio, Auretta, Calandrino)
  6. (Erik Smith reconstruction): Act I, Scene VIII. No. 4 Aria e Terzetto "Siano pronte alle gran nozze" (Don Pippo, Auretta, Chichibio)
  7. (Erik Smith reconstruction): Act I, Scene XI. No. 4a Aria "Che parli, che dica" (Biondello)
  8. (Erik Smith reconstruction): Act I, Scene XI. No. 5 Quartetto "S'oggi, oh dei, sperar mi fate" (Celidora, Biondello, Lavina, Calandrino)
  9. (Erik Smith reconstruction): Act I, Scene XI. Recitativo "L'ultima volta al fin, mura adorate" (Biondello)
  10. (Erik Smith reconstruction): Act I, Scene XI. Recitativo "Ma parmi là in quel lato" (Biondello)
  11. (Erik Smith reconstruction): Act I, Scene XV. No. 6 Finale "Su via putti, presto, presto!" (Calandrino, Biondello, Lavina, Celidora, Auretta, Chichibio, Don Pippo, Coro)
  12. (Erik Smith reconstruction): Act I. Scene VIII. Recitativo "O pazzo, pazzissimo Biondello" (Don Pippo, Auretta)
  13. (Erik Smith reconstruction): Act. I, Scene VI. No. 3 Aria "Ogni momento dicon le donne" (Chichibio)

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