L'Armida immaginaria explained

Italian: L'Armida immaginaria
Type:Dramma giocoso
Librettist:Giuseppe Palomba
Language:Italian
Premiere Location:Teatro di Fiorentini, Naples

L'Armida immaginaria is a dramma giocoso in three acts by composer Domenico Cimarosa with an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Palomba. The opera was first performed in Naples during the summer of 1777 at the Teatro di Fiorentini.[1]

Roles

Roles[2] Voice typePremiere Cast, Summer 1777
(Conductor: –)
Marchesina TisbeasopranoAnna Maria Benvenuti
ErmidorasopranoFrancesca Benvenuti
StellasopranoMaria Giuseppa Migliozzi
Masto GiorgiobaritoneGiuseppe Casaccia
Patro CasperotenorAntonio Casaccia
BattistinotenorNicola Zarlatti
Don BernabobaritoneGiovanni Beltrani

Other operas named after the sorceress Armida

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Operone.de page of the opera . 8 June 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080418224935/http://www.operone.de/opern/armidaim.html . 18 April 2008 . dead .
  2. Web site: ItalianOpera.org page on the work and the composer . 21 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719023622/http://www.italianopera.org/italianOPERAru.php?f=compositori%2FC%2Fc21763714.htm . 19 July 2011 . dead .