La fiera di Venezia
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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[edit]
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[edit]
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 29 January 1772 (Conductor: ) |
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| Falsirena | soprano | |
| Calloandra | soprano | |
| Cristallina | soprano | |
| Ostrogoto | tenor | |
| Rasoio | tenor | |
| Cecchino | tenor | |
| Grifagno | bass | |
| Belfusto | bass |
References[edit]
- ^ 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
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