La fiera di Venezia
Appearance
Template:Salieri operas La fiera di Venezia is a three-act opera buffa, described as a commedia per musica, by Antonio Salieri, set to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Gastone Boccherini.
Performance history
The opera premiered with great success on 29 January 1772 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria.[1] La fiera di Venezia turned out to be one of Salieri's best regarded works and during his lifetime was staged more than thirty times throughout Europe.[2]
Roles
Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 29 January 1772 (Conductor: ) |
---|---|---|
Falsirena | soprano | |
Calloandra | soprano | |
Cristallina | soprano | |
Ostrogoto | tenor | |
Rasoio | tenor | |
Cecchino | tenor | |
Grifagno | bass | |
Belfusto | bass |
References
- ^ Music and History.com page Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Mozart–Salieri Connection" Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine by Volkmar Braunbehrens