Pinotta
Introduction '''''Pinotta''''' is an ''idillio'' or opera in 2 acts by Pietro Mascagni from an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti. The opera received its first performance on 23 March 1932 at the Teatro del Casinò in San Remo. ''Pinotta'' is based on two youthful works of Mascagni: his cantata ''In Filanda'' (1881) which was combined with the song ''La tua stelle'' (1882). The libretto was written by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, a long-time collaborator of the composer, and tells the love story of Baldo, a worker, and Pinotta, a young hand-spinner in Andrea's workshop. In the end, Baldo and Pinotta get married. The opera was successful and had several other performances in Italy (Florence, Naples, Rome, Turin). Today, ''Pinotta'' is rarely performed.
Roles +RoleVoice typePremiere cast, 23 March 1932Conductor: Pietro MascagniPinottasopranoMafalda FaveroBaldotenorAndreabaritoneErnesto Badini
Recordings There exist only two live recordings of ''Pinotta'':* 1974: Maria Luisa Cioni (Pinotta), Giuseppe Vertechi (Baldo), Lino Puglisi (Andrea) – RAI Orchestra, Gennaro D'Angelo – Unique Opera Records Co.* 1995: Gloria Guida Borelli (Pinotta), Antonio De Palma (Baldo), Thomas Mürk (Andrea) – Orchestra Festival di Bruxelles,  – Bongiovanni
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