I fuorusciti di Firenze

I fuorusciti di Firenze (The Exiles of Florence) is an opera semiseria in two acts by the Italian composer Ferdinando Paer. The libretto was by Angelo Anelli. The work is a form of 'rescue opera'.

The opera was first performed at the Hoftheater in Dresden on 27 November 1802.

Roles

Cast Voice type Premiere cast, 27 November 1802
Isabella, Princess of Florence soprano
Umberto degli Ardinghelli, a bandit bass-baritone
Edoardo de Liggozzi, Isabella's husband tenor
Gianni, Edoardo's servant bass
Cecchina, a peasant girl soprano
Lena, a peasant girl soprano

Synopsis

The bandit Umberto holds Isabella prisoner, and her husband Edoardo attempts unsuccessfully to rescue her. Eventually Isabella is revealed as Umberto's daughter.

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