Il Flaminio
Opera buffa by G. B. Pergolesi
Title page of the libretto
LibrettistGennaro Antonio Federico
LanguageNeapolitan and Italian
Premiere
1735 (1735)
Teatro Nuovo, Naples

Il Flaminio is a 1735 opera buffa[1] by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to a Neapolitan libretto by Gennaro Antonio Federico, first performed at the Teatro Nuovo, Naples. Untypically in Pergolesi's difficult and short career the opera was an immediate success and continued to be staged up to 1750.[2]

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere cast
1735
Giustina, a young widowcontralto
Flaminio, under the false name of Giulio, her loversoprano (en travesti)Antonia Colasanti
Polidoro, in love with GiustinatenorPietro Vitale
Agata, his sister, Ferdinando's fiancée, but in love with GiuliosopranoAnna Cialfieri
Ferdinandosoprano (breeches role)Paola Fernandez
Checca, Giustina's maidsopranoMargherita Pozzi
Vastiano, Polidoro's servant, in love with CheccabassGirolamo Piani

Recordings

  • DVD from Teatro Studio Valeria Moriconi, Jesi 2010 Juan Francisco Gatell (Polidoro), Laura Polverelli (Flaminio), Marina De Liso (Giustina), Sonia Yoncheva (Agata) & Serena Malfi (Ferdinando) Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (conductor) & Michal Znaniecki (stage director)

References

  1. "G. B. Pergolesi: Il Flaminio (1735) / Sinfonia from the Opera / Accademia Bizantina". YouTube.
  2. Julie Ann Sadie, Companion to Baroque Music p.75
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