I fuorusciti di Firenze

I fuorusciti di Firenze
Opera by Ferdinando Paer
Ferdinando Paer, engraving by Edme Quenedey des Ricets, 1809
TranslationThe Exiles of Florence
LibrettistAngelo Anelli
LanguageItalian
Premiere
27 November 1802 (1802-11-27)

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

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Roles, voice types
Cast Voice type
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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "I fuorusciti di Firenze, 27 November 1802". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).

Further reading

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  • Balthazar, Scott L. (1992), "Fuorusciti di Firenze, I" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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