Livietta e Tracollo | |
Type: | Opera buffa |
Composer: | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi |
Librettist: | Tommaso Mariani |
Language: | Italian |
Premiere Date: | 25 October 1734 |
Premiere Location: | Teatro San Bartolomeo, Naples |
La contadina astuta, or Livietta e Tracollo, is an opera buffa composed by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to a libretto by Tommaso Mariani. It was originally composed as an intermezzo for Pergolesi's opera Adriano in Siria but subsequently became popular in its own right and was performed throughout Europe. It premiered along with Adriano in Siria on 25 October 1734 at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples.
Role | Voice type | Premiere cast 25 October 1734 | |
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Tracollo, a prowler | Gioacchino Corrado | ||
Livietta, a young peasant girl | Laura Monti | ||
Facenda, Tracollo's friend | |||
Fulvia, Livietta's friend | silent actor |