Ricciardo e Zoraide
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Ricciardo e Zoraide (Ricciardo and Zoraide) is an opera in two act by Gioacchino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Francesco Berio de Salsa. The text is based on cantos XIV and XV of Il Ricciardetto, an epic poem by Niccolò Forteguerri.
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[edit] Performance history
Ricciardo e Zoraide was first performed at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, on 3 December 1818.
[edit] Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, December 3,1818 (Conductor: Nicola Festa ) |
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| Agorante, King of Nubia, infatuated with Zoraide | tenor | Andrea Nozzari |
| Zomira, wife of Agorante | contralto | Benedetta Rosmunda Pisaroni |
| Zamorre, confidant of Agorante | tenor | Gaetano Chizzola |
| Elmira, confidant of Zomira | mezzo-soprano | Raffaella de Bernardis |
| Ircano, a Nubian prince | bass | Michele Benedetti |
| Zoraide, daughter of Ircano, in love with Ricciardo | soprano | Isabella Colbran |
| Ricciardo, a Christian paladin knight, in love with Zoraide | tenor | Giovanni David |
| Fatima, confidant of Zoraide | mezzo-soprano | Maria Manzi |
| Ernesto, friend of Ricciardo, Christian camp ambassador, | tenor | Giuseppe Ciccimarra |
[edit] Selected recordings
Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide - Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Conductor: David Parry
- Principal singers: William Matteuzzi, Nelly Miricioiu, Bruce Ford, Alastair Miles
- Recording date: June 1995
- Label: Opera Rara - (CD)
[edit] Sources
- Osborne, Richard: "Ricciardo e Zoraide" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Stanley Sadie (Ed.). (London: MacMillan, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
- AmadeusOnLine.net almanac
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