I fuorusciti di Firenze
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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 |
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| 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.
Sources
- Amadeus Almanac for 27 November 1802, accessed 26 October 2009
- Balthazar, Scott L (1992), "Fuorusciti di Firenze, I" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7