Ginevra di Scozia is an opera in two acts by Simon Mayr set to an Italian libretto by Gaetano Rossi based on Antonio Salvi's Ginevra, principessa di Scozia, which in turn was adapted from cantos 5 and 6 of Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso. Ginevra di Scozia premiered on 21 April 1801 at the Regio Teatro Nuovo in Trieste to celebrate the inauguration of the new theatre. The story is virtually identical to that of Handel's Ariodante which shares the same source for the libretto.
Ginevra, daughter of the King of Scotland | Teresa Bertinotti | ||
Ariodante, an Italian soldier prince, betrothed to Ginevra | Luigi Marchesi | ||
Polinesso, Duke of Albany, Ariodante's rival | Giacomo David | ||
Dalinda, attendant on Ginevra, secretly in love with Polinesso | soprano | Angiola Pirovani-Bianchi | |
Re di Scozia, King of Scotland | |||
Lurcanio, Ariodante's brother | tenor | Gaetano Bianchi | |
Vafrino, Ariodante's squire | tenor | Pietro Righi | |
Gran Solitario, a hermit | bass |
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