Ginevra di Scozia explained

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.

Roles

!Role!Voice type!Premiere cast
21 April 1801
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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Notes and References

  1. https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=OC960 Petrou recording