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At the rural wedding of Gamace and Chitteria in seventeenth-century Spain, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza arrive and become involved in the dances and verbal intrigues as the feast is prepared. The one-act work combines comic opera with ballet.
A three-act Italian opera buffa, or commedia per musica, by Antonio Salieri with a libretto by Giovanni Gastone Boccherini.
In 14th-century Modena, Renoppia receives a bucket taken from Bologna as a trophy from her lover Manfredi. Bologna’s ambassadors demand the bucket and Renoppia and Countess Ghereda as brides; Modena’s council rejects the offer and declares war. Later, Lorenzo and Antibo negotiate, with Bologna demanding either the bucket or Renoppia. During a banquet, the guests fear a bowl of soup is poisoned, then rush out to defend the city when Bologna attacks. The conflict ends in duels: Manfredi wins, while the Count feigns an injury and flees. The opera closes with the characters proclaiming the bucket’s seizure more historically famous than other legendary abductions.
An Italian comic opera based on Molière’s play Les Femmes Savantes.
In an Alpine village, Despina loves the shepherd Despino, while her cousin Guidalba also desires him and longs for city life. Guidalba schemes to separate them, but Despino and Despina ultimately reunite and plan to marry in the countryside.
At the rural wedding of Gamace and Chitteria in seventeenth-century Spain, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza arrive and become involved in the dances and verbal intrigues as the feast is prepared. The one-act work combines comic opera with ballet.
A three-act Italian opera buffa, or commedia per musica, by Antonio Salieri with a libretto by Giovanni Gastone Boccherini.
In 14th-century Modena, Renoppia receives a bucket taken from Bologna as a trophy from her lover Manfredi. Bologna’s ambassadors demand the bucket and Renoppia and Countess Ghereda as brides; Modena’s council rejects the offer and declares war. Later, Lorenzo and Antibo negotiate, with Bologna demanding either the bucket or Renoppia. During a banquet, the guests fear a bowl of soup is poisoned, then rush out to defend the city when Bologna attacks. The conflict ends in duels: Manfredi wins, while the Count feigns an injury and flees. The opera closes with the characters proclaiming the bucket’s seizure more historically famous than other legendary abductions.
An Italian comic opera based on Molière’s play Les Femmes Savantes.
In an Alpine village, Despina loves the shepherd Despino, while her cousin Guidalba also desires him and longs for city life. Guidalba schemes to separate them, but Despino and Despina ultimately reunite and plan to marry in the countryside.