La contadina in corte explained

Italian: La contadina in corte
Type:Opera buffa
Composer:Antonio Sacchini
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Librettist:Niccolò Tassi
Language:Italian
Premiere Location:Teatro Valle, Rome

La contadina in corte is an opera buffa in two acts by Antonio Sacchini, first performed at the Teatro Valle in Rome during the Carnival in 1765. The libretto was by Niccolò Tassi. It was a popular opera at the time of its first performance: by the 1780s it had been staged over 20 times in such diverse cities as Rome and Warsaw. Sacchini's original setting is an intermezzo with four roles.

There was a revival at the Teatro Verdi in Sassari in Sardinia in 1991, conducted by Gabriele Catalucci and directed by Gianni Marras.

Roles

RoleVoice typePremiere Cast, Carnival 1765[1]
(Conductor:)
Tanciasoprano castrato
(en travesti)
Giovanni Ripa
Sandrinasoprano castrato
(en travesti)
Venanzio Rauzzini
RuggierotenorAntonio Boscoli
BertobassNicodemo Calcina

Recordings

Sacchini: La contadina in corte - Sassari Symphony Orchestra

References

Notes and References

  1. source: libretto, La Contadina in Corte : Intermezzi per Musica, Rome, Angelo Maria Ansillioni, date not stated (cited in italianopera.org, accessed 18 June 2011)