La contadina in corte
La contadina in corte | |
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Opera buffa by Antonio Sacchini | |
![]() Antonio Sacchini, engraved portrait | |
Librettist | Niccolò Tassi |
Language | Italian |
Premiere | 1765 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 . 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[]
Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, Carnival 1765[1] (Conductor:) |
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Tancia | soprano castrato (en travesti) |
Giovanni Ripa |
Sandrina | soprano castrato (en travesti) |
Venanzio Rauzzini |
Ruggiero | tenor | Antonio Boscoli |
Berto | bass | Nicodemo Calcina |
Recordings[]
Sacchini: La contadina in corte - Sassari Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Gabriele Catalucci
- Principal singers: Cinzia Forte, Susanna Rigacci, Ernesto Palacio, Giorgio Gatti
- Recording date:? (published 1994)[citation needed]
- Label: Bongiovanni - (CD)
References[]
- ^ source: libretto, La Contadina in Corte : Intermezzi per Musica, Rome, Angelo Maria Ansillioni, date not stated (cited in italianopera.org, accessed 18 June 2011)
- Mary Hunter: "La contadina in Corte", Grove Music Online ed L. Macy (Accessed 28 May 2007), grovemusic.com, subscription access.
Categories:
- Italian-language operas
- Operas by Antonio Sacchini
- Opera buffa
- Operas
- 1765 operas