La fiera di Venezia
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. La fiera di Venezia is a three-act opera buffa, described as a commedia per musica, by Antonio Salieri, set to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Gastone Boccherini.
Performance history
The opera premiered with great success on 29 January 1772 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria.[1] La fiera di Venezia turned out to be one of Salieri's best regarded works and during his lifetime was staged more than thirty times throughout Europe.[2]
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 29 January 1772 (Conductor: ) |
|---|---|---|
| Falsirena | soprano | |
| Calloandra | soprano | |
| Cristallina | soprano | |
| Ostrogoto | tenor | |
| Rasoio | tenor | |
| Cecchino | tenor | |
| Grifagno | bass | |
| Belfusto | bass |
