Il Cid della Spagna explained

Il Cid della Spagna is a dramma per musica or opera in 2 acts by composer Giuseppe Farinelli. The work uses an Italian language libretto by Antonio Simeone Sografi that is based on Pierre Corneille's 1636 play Le Cid. The work premiered at La Fenice in Venice on 17 February 1802 in a double bill with Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi's ballet Alessio di Wiarka.

Roles

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Role Voice typePremiere cast, 17 February 1802
(Conductor:)
Don Rodrigo (Cid)tenorVitale Damiani
ClimenesopranoZenaide Bulloni
Don FernandosopranistaVincenzo Bartolini
Don AlonsobassGiovanni Battista Zanardi
ElvirasopranoChiara Cicerelli
Count GormastenorGiuseppe Bertani
Don Diego tenorGaetano Crivelli