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After a volcanic eruption destroys the Temple of the Sun, Spanish conquistador Alonso rescues Inca maiden Cora, breaking the law that requires her sacrifice if she leaves the temple. Alonso offers to die with her, but the people spare them and abolish the law.
An Italian dramma per musica based on Luigi Da Porto’s 1530 novella and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
Sofia and Florville are in love, but her guardian Gaudenzio has arranged her marriage to Bruschino junior, whom she has never met. When the young man is detained at an inn over an unpaid bill, Florville takes his place. Bruschino senior arrives, but after a series of complications he accepts Florville as his son and Sofia’s husband.
Giulia is secretly married to Dorvil, who visits by climbing a silken ladder to her window. Her guardian Dormont wants her to marry Blansac, so Giulia tries to match Blansac with her cousin Lucilla. A series of overheard conversations makes Dorvil jealous and confuses the household, until Blansac falls for Lucilla and Dormont discovers that both couples are happily matched.
A one-act farsa opera by Gaspare Spontini, with a libretto by Giuseppe Foppa. The work, once considered lost, was rediscovered in the Duke of Ursel’s collection in 2016. No plot description is available in the reviewed text.
After Isabella rejects Ormondo, he spreads rumors about her and bribes Batone to cast her adrift. A miner, Tarabotto, rescues her and hides her as his niece Nisa. Ten years later, Isabella reveals her identity to Tarabotto just before her husband, Duke Bertrando, visits the mines. Bertrando still loves Isabella but believes the rumors that she was unfaithful. Batone recognizes Isabella and conspires with Ormondo to abduct her, but Tarabotto overhears their plan. The two villains are exposed, and Isabella reveals her duchess’s clothes and a portrait of Bertrando. The couple are reunited.
An Italian farsa with five named roles: Isabella, Lucindo, Agrippa, Martino, and Tognino.
An Italian two-act opera set in 16th-century Poland.
After a volcanic eruption destroys the Temple of the Sun, Spanish conquistador Alonso rescues Inca maiden Cora, breaking the law that requires her sacrifice if she leaves the temple. Alonso offers to die with her, but the people spare them and abolish the law.
An Italian dramma per musica based on Luigi Da Porto’s 1530 novella and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
Sofia and Florville are in love, but her guardian Gaudenzio has arranged her marriage to Bruschino junior, whom she has never met. When the young man is detained at an inn over an unpaid bill, Florville takes his place. Bruschino senior arrives, but after a series of complications he accepts Florville as his son and Sofia’s husband.
Giulia is secretly married to Dorvil, who visits by climbing a silken ladder to her window. Her guardian Dormont wants her to marry Blansac, so Giulia tries to match Blansac with her cousin Lucilla. A series of overheard conversations makes Dorvil jealous and confuses the household, until Blansac falls for Lucilla and Dormont discovers that both couples are happily matched.
A one-act farsa opera by Gaspare Spontini, with a libretto by Giuseppe Foppa. The work, once considered lost, was rediscovered in the Duke of Ursel’s collection in 2016. No plot description is available in the reviewed text.
After Isabella rejects Ormondo, he spreads rumors about her and bribes Batone to cast her adrift. A miner, Tarabotto, rescues her and hides her as his niece Nisa. Ten years later, Isabella reveals her identity to Tarabotto just before her husband, Duke Bertrando, visits the mines. Bertrando still loves Isabella but believes the rumors that she was unfaithful. Batone recognizes Isabella and conspires with Ormondo to abduct her, but Tarabotto overhears their plan. The two villains are exposed, and Isabella reveals her duchess’s clothes and a portrait of Bertrando. The couple are reunited.
An Italian farsa with five named roles: Isabella, Lucindo, Agrippa, Martino, and Tognino.
An Italian two-act opera set in 16th-century Poland.