Angelo (Cui, César)

		Movements/Sections 4 acts Composition Year 1871–75 Genre Categories Operas; Stage Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Russian language; For orchestra (arr); For orchestra; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For 2 players; For voice, piano (arr); For voices with keyboard

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (1)
• Vocal Scores (32)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (3)

Full Scores

Introduction

 Complete Score
*#77991 - 1.87MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 489x⇩

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Schissel (2010/9/7)

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St. Petersburg: Bessel, n.d.(1906). Plate 4900.

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Vocal Scores

 Title page and preliminaries
*#13747 - 0.72MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 146x⇩

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 Introduction
*#13748 - 0.54MB, 3 (#1-3) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 105x⇩

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Language:

Russian ; German

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St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d. (1876). Plate 634.

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 Act 1, Scene 1
*#18071 - 4.29MB, 21 (#4-23) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 136x⇩

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 Act I, Scene 2
*#18096 - 2.02MB, 10 (#25-34) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 99x⇩

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 Act I, Scene 3
*#18097 - 2.84MB, 14 (#35-48) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 112x⇩

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 Act I, Scene 4
*#18098 - 2.08MB, 10 (#49-58) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 97x⇩

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 Act I, Scene 5
*#18099 - 1.25MB, 6 (#59-64) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 108x⇩

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 Act I, Scene 6
*#18717 - 3.56MB, 12 (#65-76) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 106x⇩

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 Act I, Scene 7
*#18718 - 1.21MB, 6 (#77-82) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 92x⇩

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 Act I, Scene 8
*#18719 - 2.69MB, 13 (#83-95) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 95x⇩

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 Act I, Scene 9
*#18720 - 5.98MB, 29 (#96-124) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 96x⇩

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Language:

Russian / German

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St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d. (1876). Plates 635–643.

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 Act II, Scene 1
*#18739 - 5.86MB, 29 (#125-153) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 95x⇩

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 Act II, Scene 2
*#18740 - 3.27MB, 16 (#154-169) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 89x⇩

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 Act II, Scene 3
*#18741 - 2.86MB, 14 (#170-183) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 90x⇩

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 Act II, Scene 4
*#18742 - 1.12MB, 5 (#184-188) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 87x⇩

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Language:

Russian ; German

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St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d. (1876). Plates 644–649.

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 Act III, Scene 1
*#18935 - 4.25MB, 20 (#189-208) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 101x⇩

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 Act III, Scene 2
*#18936 - 0.62MB, 3 (#209-211) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 86x⇩

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 Act III, Scene 3
*#18937 - 4.22MB, 19 (#212-230) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 91x⇩

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 Act III, Scene 4
*#18938 - 2.28MB, 11 (#231-241) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 91x⇩

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 Act III, Scene 5
*#18939 - 1.89MB, 9 (#242-250) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 92x⇩

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 Act III, Scene 6
*#18940 - 1.22MB, 5 (#251-255) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 89x⇩

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Language:

Russian ; German

Publisher Info.:

St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d. (1876). Plates 650–656.

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 Entr'acte to Act IV
*#19024 - 0.62MB, 3 (#256-258) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 92x⇩

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 Act IV, Tableau 1, Scene 1
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 Act IV, Tableau 1, Scene 2
*#19026 - 0.79MB, 4 (#268-271) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 92x⇩

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 Act IV, Tableau 1, Scene 3
*#19027 - 2.46MB, 12 (#272-283) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 94x⇩

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 Act IV, Tableau 1, Scene 4
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 Act IV, Tableau 1, Scene 5
*#19029 - 1.04MB, 5 (#288-292) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 91x⇩

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 Act IV, Tableau 1, Scene 6
*#19030 - 2.48MB, 12 (#293-304) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 88x⇩

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 Act IV, Tableau 1, Scene 7
*#19031 - 0.49MB, 2 (#305-306) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 82x⇩

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 Act IV, Tableau 2, Scene 1
*#19032 - 0.65MB, 3 (#307-309) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 84x⇩

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 Act IV, Tableau 2, Scene 2
*#19033 - 0.98MB, 5 (#310-314) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 88x⇩

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 Act IV, Tableau 2, Scene 3
*#19034 - 4.52MB, 12 (#315-336) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 91x⇩

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Language:

Russian ; German

Publisher Info.:

St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d. (1876). Plates 657a–664.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Introduction

For Orchestra (Glazunov)

 Complete Orchestral score
*#13749 - 2.42MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 137x⇩

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Arranger:

Aleksandr Glazunov (1865-1936)

Publisher Info.:

St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d.(ca.1905). Plate 4900.

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Re-orchestrated and transposed to F♯. Glazunov not credited on publication.

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For Piano 4 hands

 Complete Score
*#59824 - 0.57MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 167x⇩

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St. Petersburg: Bessel, n.d. Plate 634.

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Barcarolle (Act III)

For Voice and Piano

 Complete Score
*#23637 - 0.38MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 118x⇩

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Language:

Russian ; German ; French

Publisher Info.:

St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d. (1876). Plate 643a.

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For solo voice (without chorus).

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General Information

Work Title	Анджело
Alternative Title	Angelo

Composer	Cui, César
Movements/Sections	4 acts
Year/Date of Composition	1871–75
First Performance	1876-02-13 – St. Petersburg, Maryinsky Theatre
First Publication	1876
Librettist	Viktor Burenin (1841–1926), after Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
Language	Russian
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices with orchestra; complete work published only as piano-vocal score. Introduction published in full score: 3 Flutes, Oboe, English Horn, 2 Clarinets in A, Bass-Clarinet in A, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in A, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Cymbals, Drum, Strings

Misc. Comments

This opera uses the same subject (by V. Hugo) as Ponchielli's La Gioconda, which premiered in the same year (1876). Orchestral introduction re-orchestrated later by A. Glazunov. Presumably the complete opera was printed only in piano-vocal score.

Section Listing

• No.1. Introduction (orchestra)

Act I

• No.2. Scene 1 (chorus)
• No.3. Scene 2 (Rodolfo, Ascanio, conspirators)
• No.4. Scene 3:
  • No.4a. Galeofa's Song
  • No.4b. Fortune-Telling (Galeofa, Rodolf, maskers)
• No.5. Scene 4 (Rodolfo, Galeofa)
• No.6. Scene 5 (Tisbe, chorus of maskers)
• No.7. Scene 6 (Tisba, Rodolfo)
• No.8. Scene 7 (Galeofa)
• No.9. Scene 8 (Tisbe, Galeofa)
• No.10. Scene 9 (Tisba, Angelo, maskers):
  • No.10a. Barcarolle (tenor with chorus)
  • No.10b. Tisbe's Narrative

Act II

• No.11. Scene 1 (Catarina, Dafne, Rodolfo, women's chorus):
  • No.11a. Women's Chorus («Однажды царь»)
  • No.11b. Women's Chorus («Далеко, на самом море»)
  • No.11c. Rodolfo's Song
    
• No.12. Scene 2 (Catarina, Rodolfo)
• No.13. Scene 3 (Catarina, Tisbe)
• No.14. Scene 4 (Catarina, Tisbe, Angelo)

Act III

• No.15. Scene 1
  • No.15a. Chorus – Nocturne
  • No.15b. Chorus – Tarantella
• No.16. Scene 2 (Ascanio, conspirators)
• No.17. Scene 3 (Ascanio, conspirators, people)
• No.18. Scene 4 (Rodolfo, Ascanio, conspirators, people)
• No.18a. Oath (Rodolfo, Ascanio, chorus)
• No.18b. Prayer (chorus)
• No.19. Scene 5 (Galeofa, Rodolfo, conspirators, people)
• No.20. Scene 6 (Angelo, Galeofa, conspirators, people)

Act IV

Tableau 1:

• No.21. Entr'acte (orchestra)
• No.22. Scene 1 (Angelo, Fra Paolo)
• No.23. Scene 2 (Tisbe)
• No.24. Scene 3 (Tisbe, Angelo, Fra Paolo)
• No.25. Scene 4 (Catarina, Angelo)
• No.26. Scene 5 (Catarina)
• No.27. Scene 6 (Catarina, Tisbe, Angelo)
• No.28. Scene 7 (Tisbe, Angelo, two sbirri)

Tableau 2

• No.29. Scene 1 (Tisbe, the two sbirri)
  
• No.30. Scene 2 (Tisbe)
  
• No.31. Scene 3 (Tisba, Catarina, Rodolfo, chorus of monks)

External Links

• Wikipedia article

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Operas by César Cui
Neuhausen Castle (1859, unfinished) Prisoner of the Caucasus (1857–58, rev. 1881–82, 1885) The Mandarin's Son (1859) William Ratcliff (1861–68) Mlada (1872, Act I only) Angelo (1871–75) Le flibustier (1888–89) The Saracen (1896–98) Feast in Time of Plague (1899~1900?)	Undina (1900–04?, unfinished) Mademoiselle Fifi (1902–03) The Snow Bogatyr (1905) Mateo Falcone (1906–07) The Captain's Daughter (1907–09) Little Red Riding-Hood (1911) Ivan the Fool (1913) Puss-in-Boots (1913)