L'inimico delle donne explained

L'inimico delle donne (The Enemy of Women) is an Italian-language comic opera in 3 acts by Baldassare Galuppi to a libretto by Giovanni Bertati.^[1] It was Galuppi's first collaboration with Bertali, and premiered autumn 1771 Venice, at the Teatro San Samuele. The opera ran for 10 years.^[2] A modern revival directed by Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera was given in February 2011 at the Opera de Wallonie, Liège.

Cast

• Agnesina, an Italian girl, soprano
• Zon-Zon, emperor of China, tenor
• Geminiano, baritono
• Xunchia, soprano
• Ly-lam, tenor
• Kam-si, soprano
• Si-sin, baritono
• Zyda, mezzo-soprano
• strings, 2 oboes, 2 cornettos, bassoon, harpsichord

Recordings

• DVD, Filippo Adami, Anna Maria Panzarella, Alberto Rinaldi, Opera Royal de Wallonie Orchestra. Rinaldo Alessandrini Dynamic

Notes and References

1. Adrienne Ward - Pagodas in Play: China on the Eighteenth-century Italian Opera Stage 2010 0838756964 "THE TITLE OF GIOVANNI BERTATI'S 1771 COMIC opera L'inimico delle donne (The Misogynist) strongly suggests that it falls into that group of theater works which exploited antagonistic relations between the sexes for their entertainment ..."
2. Adrienne Ward Pagodas in Play: China on the Eighteenth-century Italian Opera Stage p.154