I fuorusciti di Firenze
Opera by Ferdinando Paer
I fuorusciti di Firenze | |
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Opera by Ferdinando Paer | |
![]() Ferdinando Paer, engraving by Edme Quenedey des Ricets, 1809 | |
Translation | The Exiles of Florence |
Librettist | Angelo Anelli |
Language | Italian |
Premiere | 27 November 1802 (1802-11-27) Hoftheater, Dresden |
I fuorusciti di Firenze (The Exiles of Florence) is an opera semiseria in two acts by the Italian composer Ferdinando Paer. The libretto was by Angelo Anelli. The work is a form of 'rescue opera'.
The opera was first performed at the Hoftheater in Dresden on 27 November 1802.[1]
Roles
Cast | Voice type |
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Isabella, Princess of Florence | soprano |
Umberto degli Ardinghelli, a bandit | bass-baritone |
Edoardo de Liggozzi, Isabella's husband | tenor |
Gianni, Edoardo's servant | bass |
Cecchina, a peasant girl | soprano |
Lena, a peasant girl | soprano |
Synopsis
The bandit Umberto holds Isabella prisoner, and her husband Edoardo attempts unsuccessfully to rescue her. Eventually Isabella is revealed as Umberto's daughter.
See also
References
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "I fuorusciti di Firenze, 27 November 1802". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
Further reading
- Balthazar, Scott L. (1992), "Fuorusciti di Firenze, I" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
External links
- I fuorusciti di Firenze: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project