L’Egisto, ovvero Chi soffre speri

About the show

The impoverished Egisto loves the young widow Alvida, who refuses him unless he destroys what he values most: his inherited tower and favorite falcon. He does so, and Alvida marries him. In the tower’s ruins they discover buried treasure and a stone that cures Alvida’s gravely ill son. In a subplot, Lucinda disguises herself as a man to pursue Egisto; after he rejects her, she nearly kills herself, but is revealed as his long-lost sister.