Giannina e Bernardone explained

Italian: Giannina e Bernardone
Type:Dramma giocoso
Librettist:Filippo Livigni
Language:Italian
Premiere Location:Teatro San Samuele, Venice

Giannina e Bernardone is a dramma giocoso in two acts by composer Domenico Cimarosa with an Italian libretto by Filippo Livigni. The opera premiered in the autumn of 1781 at the Teatro San Samuele in Venice. A portion of the work was performed again in 1786 in Venice in the form of an intermezzo entitled Il villano geloso.

Roles

RoleVoice typePremiere cast, Autumn 1781
(Conductor: -)
Giannina soprano
Masinotenor
Bernardonebass
Laurettasoprano
il capitano Franconetenor
Don Orlandobass
Donna Auroramezzo-soprano
friends, servants, soldiers, the military band, neighbors

Recording