Artemisia
Artemisia, Queen of Caria and widow of Mausolus, faces a variety of unwanted suitors.
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Artemisia, Queen of Caria and widow of Mausolus, faces a variety of unwanted suitors.
A two-act Italian dramma giocoso with seven named roles, including Giannina, Masino, Bernardone, Lauretta, and Captain Francone.
The opera centers on the love between Titus, son of Lucius Junius Brutus, and Tullia, daughter of the last king of Rome whom Brutus overthrew.
During Rome’s war with Alba Longa, Sabina of the Curiatii is married to Marcus Horatius, and their daughter Horatia is betrothed to Curiatius, leader of the Alban family. The kings agree to settle the conflict through a fight between three Horatii and three Curiatii. Horatia and Sabina delay the contest to consult Apollo’s oracle, which orders it to proceed. Marcus Horatius wins, killing Curiatius; when Horatia curses Rome for his death, her brother kills her.
A one-act monodrama in which a pompous music director rehearses an orchestra, frequently imitating the instruments.
Paolino and Carolina are secretly married in the household of her father Geronimo. Paolino tries to arrange a match between Count Robinson and Carolina’s sister Elisetta, but Robinson is drawn to Carolina instead. After a series of misunderstandings, Paolino and Carolina reveal their marriage; the family forgives them, while Robinson and Elisetta agree to marry.
Don Calandrino, son of the podestà of Monte Secco, pretends to know everything but cannot reason well. Livietta, a wealthy peasant girl, tries to behave like a lady; Monsieur Le Blonde boasts of places he does not know; and Irene is simple and humble. After various turns, Don Calandrino pairs with Livietta, while Le Blonde pairs with Irene.
A three-act Italian dramma giocoso for seven named roles, including Marchesina Tisbea, Ermidora, Stella, Masto Giorgio, and Patro Caspero.
At Madama Brillante’s London inn, the guests include a homesick Neapolitan, a Dutch merchant and an English lord. Livia, an Italian woman who has disguised her origins, has been jilted by the lord, while both the innkeeper and Polidoro pursue her; a day of misunderstandings involving a stone said to grant invisibility ends happily.
A one-act Italian farsa with seven roles, including Fiordispina, Doralba, Merlina, Don Cristobolo, and Don Perizonio Fattapane.
A two-act Italian opera seria about Cleopatra, composed for performance at the Hermitage Theatre in Saint Petersburg.
A three-act Italian comic opera about the amorous misadventures of a group that includes the innkeeper Cardillo, his sister Rosalina, local nobles, a French doctor, and Donna Armida, called the “fake Parisienne.”
A four-act Italian dramma giocoso with roles including Bellina, her tutor Dottor Romualdo, her lover Filandro, and her friend Ersilia.
A two-act Italian intermezzo by Domenico Cimarosa with five named roles, including Fernando, Laurina, Sempronio Pippistrelli, Don Annibale, and Emilia.
The Count’s eccentric conduct drives a comic opera.
Mozart’s unfinished comic opera concerns Bocconio Papparelli, a rich but foolish man engaged to Eugenia, and the rivalry of three women for one lover. Eugenia loves Don Asdrubale, who is also loved by Bettina and Metilde. Only about 20 minutes of the first act survive.
Artemisia, Queen of Caria and widow of Mausolus, faces a variety of unwanted suitors.
A two-act Italian dramma giocoso with seven named roles, including Giannina, Masino, Bernardone, Lauretta, and Captain Francone.
The opera centers on the love between Titus, son of Lucius Junius Brutus, and Tullia, daughter of the last king of Rome whom Brutus overthrew.
During Rome’s war with Alba Longa, Sabina of the Curiatii is married to Marcus Horatius, and their daughter Horatia is betrothed to Curiatius, leader of the Alban family. The kings agree to settle the conflict through a fight between three Horatii and three Curiatii. Horatia and Sabina delay the contest to consult Apollo’s oracle, which orders it to proceed. Marcus Horatius wins, killing Curiatius; when Horatia curses Rome for his death, her brother kills her.
A one-act monodrama in which a pompous music director rehearses an orchestra, frequently imitating the instruments.
Paolino and Carolina are secretly married in the household of her father Geronimo. Paolino tries to arrange a match between Count Robinson and Carolina’s sister Elisetta, but Robinson is drawn to Carolina instead. After a series of misunderstandings, Paolino and Carolina reveal their marriage; the family forgives them, while Robinson and Elisetta agree to marry.
Don Calandrino, son of the podestà of Monte Secco, pretends to know everything but cannot reason well. Livietta, a wealthy peasant girl, tries to behave like a lady; Monsieur Le Blonde boasts of places he does not know; and Irene is simple and humble. After various turns, Don Calandrino pairs with Livietta, while Le Blonde pairs with Irene.
A three-act Italian dramma giocoso for seven named roles, including Marchesina Tisbea, Ermidora, Stella, Masto Giorgio, and Patro Caspero.
At Madama Brillante’s London inn, the guests include a homesick Neapolitan, a Dutch merchant and an English lord. Livia, an Italian woman who has disguised her origins, has been jilted by the lord, while both the innkeeper and Polidoro pursue her; a day of misunderstandings involving a stone said to grant invisibility ends happily.
A one-act Italian farsa with seven roles, including Fiordispina, Doralba, Merlina, Don Cristobolo, and Don Perizonio Fattapane.
A two-act Italian opera seria about Cleopatra, composed for performance at the Hermitage Theatre in Saint Petersburg.
A three-act Italian comic opera about the amorous misadventures of a group that includes the innkeeper Cardillo, his sister Rosalina, local nobles, a French doctor, and Donna Armida, called the “fake Parisienne.”
A four-act Italian dramma giocoso with roles including Bellina, her tutor Dottor Romualdo, her lover Filandro, and her friend Ersilia.
A two-act Italian intermezzo by Domenico Cimarosa with five named roles, including Fernando, Laurina, Sempronio Pippistrelli, Don Annibale, and Emilia.
The Count’s eccentric conduct drives a comic opera.
Mozart’s unfinished comic opera concerns Bocconio Papparelli, a rich but foolish man engaged to Eugenia, and the rivalry of three women for one lover. Eugenia loves Don Asdrubale, who is also loved by Bettina and Metilde. Only about 20 minutes of the first act survive.