related works
Quale Coniugium! : Version for soprano or tenor and orchestra / Willem Jeths
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
voc 2fl(picc) 2ob(eh) 2cl 2fg(fg-c) 2h 2trp 2trb tb perc cel str
De gans : kameropera in één acte, 1982 / muziek: Kees Olthuis, libretto: Jean Paul Franssens
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
sopr-m bar bas 1111 1110 perc pf 2vl vla vc cb
Lustrumspel A-Z : Music for student theatre for mixed choir and orchestra / Leo Smit
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
GK4 pf
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
SSATTBrBrBbrB-soloists MK 3333 sax 4331 timp 2perc hp pf str
composition
Ritratto : Opera / Willem Jeths; libretto Frank Siera
Other authors:
Siera, Frank
(Text writer/Librettist)
Jeths, Willem
(Composer)
Description:
Ritratto is the Italian word for 'portrait' and the title of this opera. The young orphaned and married, excessively wealthy Italian Marchesa Casati strove to be seen throughout her life. She was famous for the exuberant parties she organized. She allowed herself to be portrayed or photographed by numerous artists.
With her black-rimmed eyes, her flaming red hair and eccentric behaviour she tried to gain a place in the art world. Against the background of the first world war, the libretto questions the importance of art.
At a feast of Casati, all sorts of artists from the time of Casati are brought together. At the time, it was the Futurists who paved the way for fascism with their art. Casati does not engage with secular problems and focuses on her passion. In opera she goes even further than in real life; by not seeing, she tries to be seen herself.