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Il Flaminio

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Il Flaminio
Opera buffa by G. B. Pergolesi
Title page of the libretto
LibrettistGennaro Antonio Federico
LanguageNeapolitan and Italian
Premiere
1735 (1735)
Teatro Nuovo, Naples

Il Flaminio is a 1735 opera buffa[1] by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to a Neapolitan libretto by Gennaro Antonio Federico, first performed at the Teatro Nuovo, Naples. Untypically in Pergolesi's difficult and short career the opera was an immediate success and continued to be staged up to 1750.[2]

Roles

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Role Voice type Premiere cast
1735
Giustina, a young widow contralto
Flaminio, under the false name of Giulio, her lover soprano (en travesti) Antonia Colasanti
Polidoro, in love with Giustina tenor Pietro Vitale
Agata, his sister, Ferdinando's fiancée, but in love with Giulio soprano Anna Cialfieri
Ferdinando soprano (breeches role) Paola Fernandez
Checca, Giustina's maid soprano Margherita Pozzi
Vastiano, Polidoro's servant, in love with Checca bass Girolamo Piani

Recordings

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  • DVD from Teatro Studio Valeria Moriconi, Jesi 2010 Juan Francisco Gatell (Polidoro), Laura Polverelli (Flaminio), Marina De Liso (Giustina), Sonia Yoncheva (Agata) & Serena Malfi (Ferdinando) Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (conductor) & Michal Znaniecki (stage director)

References

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  1. ^ "G. B. Pergolesi: Il Flaminio (1735) / Sinfonia from the Opera / Accademia Bizantina". YouTube. 19 February 2009.
  2. ^ Julie Ann Sadie, Companion to Baroque Music p.75