Il Cid della Spagna
Il Cid della Spagna is a dramma per musica or opera in 2 acts by composer Giuseppe Farinelli. The work uses an Italian language libretto by Antonio Simeone Sografi that is based on Pierre Corneille's 1636 play Le Cid. The work premiered at La Fenice in Venice on 17 February 1802 in a double bill with Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi's ballet Alessio di Wiarka.[1]
Roles[edit]
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 17 February 1802[1] (Conductor:) |
|---|---|---|
| Don Rodrigo (Cid) | tenor | Vitale Damiani |
| Climene | soprano | Zenaide Bulloni |
| Don Fernando | sopranista | Vincenzo Bartolini |
| Don Alonso | bass | Giovanni Battista Zanardi |
| Elvira | soprano | Chiara Cicerelli |
| Count Gormas | tenor | Giuseppe Bertani |
| Don Diego | tenor | Gaetano Crivelli |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Giuseppe Farinelli, 17 February 1802". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
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