Le serve rivali is a dramma giocoso per musica in two acts by composer Tommaso Traetta with an Italian libretto by Pietro Chiari. The opera originally premiered in one act as an intermezzo at the Teatro San Moisè in Venice, Italy in the autumn of 1766. Traetta greatly expanded the work, and the full opera was first performed at the Fenzo Modesto in Venice later that same year.[1]
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Teatro San Moisè Cast, 1766 (Conductor:) | Premiere Fenzo Modesto Cast, 1766 (Conductor:) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lelio | soprano castrato | Pietro Benedetti | role not included |
| Giacinta | mezzo-soprano | Giovanni Ripa (castrato en travesti) | Teresa Zaccarini |
| Palmetta | soprano | Nicola Cecini (castrato en travesti) | Giovanna D'aquino |
| Giannino | tenor | Francesco Bussani | Gioacchino Caribaldi |
| Don Grillo | tenor | role not included | Giacomo Rizzoli |
| Carlina | soprano | role not included | Brigida Marchesi |
| Letanzio | tenor | role not included | Antonio Nazzolini |