Livietta e Tracollo explained

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.

Roles

RoleVoice typePremiere cast
25 October 1734
Tracollo, a prowler Gioacchino Corrado
Livietta, a young peasant girl Laura Monti
Facenda, Tracollo's friend
Fulvia, Livietta's friend silent actor

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