| Gustavo primo, re di Svezia | |
| Composer: | Baldassare Galuppi |
| Librettist: | Carlo Goldoni |
| Language: | Italian |
| Premiere Location: | Teatro San Samuele, Venice |
Gustavo primo, re di Svezia (Gustavus the First, King of Sweden) is a three act opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi, with a libretto by Carlo Goldoni, fictionalising events in the life of Gustav I of Sweden. Composed in honour of the Genoese nobleman marchese Giovanni Giacomo Grimaldi, it premiered on 25 May 1740 at Venice's Teatro San Samuele. It was first recorded in 2003 by Edit Károly, Mónika Gonzalez, Mario Cecchetti, Gabriella Létai Kiss, Filippo Pina Castiglioni, and the Savaria Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Fabio Pirona.[1] [2]
| Ernesto, senator of the capital of Sweden and governor of the province of Dalarna | bass | Gaetano Pompeo Basteris | |
| Ergilda, Ernesto's daughter, lover of Learco | soprano (?) | Maria Camatti | |
| Learco, a foreign stranger (later discovered to be Gustavo), lover of Ergilda and Dorisbe | castrato soprano | Lorenzo Girardi | |
| Argeno, Ernesto's son, lover of Dorisbe | contralto (?) en travesti | Eleonora Ferandini | |
| Dorisbe, disguised, later discovered to be Clotilde, Gustavo's cousin and lover | mezzo-soprano (?) | Marianna Imer | |
| Soldiers, Archers, Commoners | |||