| Il Flaminio | |
| Type: | Opera buffa |
| Composer: | G. B. Pergolesi |
| Image Upright: | 0.9 |
| Librettist: | Gennaro Antonio Federico |
| Language: | Neapolitan and Italian |
| Premiere Location: | Teatro Nuovo, Naples |
Il Flaminio is a 1735 opera buffa[1] by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to a Neapolitan libretto by Gennaro Antonio Federico, first performed at the Teatro Nuovo, Naples. Untypically in Pergolesi's difficult and short career the opera was an immediate success and continued to be staged up to 1750.[2]
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast 1735 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giustina, a young widow | |||
| Flaminio, under the false name of Giulio, her lover | soprano (en travesti) | Antonia Colasanti | |
| Polidoro, in love with Giustina | Pietro Vitale | ||
| Agata, his sister, Ferdinando's fiancée, but in love with Giulio | soprano | Anna Cialfieri | |
| Ferdinando | soprano (breeches role) | Paola Fernandez | |
| Checca, Giustina's maid | soprano | Margherita Pozzi | |
| Vastiano, Polidoro's servant, in love with Checca | Girolamo Piani |