Italian: I fuorusciti di Firenze | |
Type: | Opera |
Composer: | Ferdinando Paer |
Translated Name: | The Exiles of Florence |
Librettist: | Angelo Anelli |
Language: | Italian |
Premiere Location: | Hoftheater, Dresden |
Italian: 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.
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 |
The bandit Umberto holds Isabella prisoner, and her husband Edoardo attempts unsuccessfully to rescue her. Eventually Isabella is revealed as Umberto's daughter.