Che originali! explained

Che originali! is a 1798 farsa in one act by Simon Mayr for the Teatro San Benedetto. The libretto by Gaetano Rossi was based on an earlier French farce from 1779. It was the earliest of Mayr's works to be widely produced.^[1]

Recording

• Thomas Gropper (Don Febeo), Stefanie Früh (Aristea), Gisela Gropper, Stephen Caira (Don Carolino), Robert Merwald (Biscroma) Georgisches Kammerorchester, Franz Hauk, 2CD Guild

Notes and References

1. William Ashbrook Donizetti and His Operas 1983- 0521276632 p213 "The earliest of Mayr's works to be widely produced was a one-act farsa, Che originali!"