La fiera di Venezia
{{short description|Opera by Antonio Salieri}}
{{Infobox opera
| name = {{lang|it|La fiera di Venezia}}
| type = Opera buffa
| composer = Antonio Salieri
| image = Antonio Salieri 2.jpg
| image_upright =
| alt =
| caption = Antonio Salieri, engraving by {{nowrap|Carl Traugott Riedel, 1802}}
| translated_name = The fair in Venice
| librettist = Giovanni Gastone Boccherini
| language = Italian
| based_on =
| premiere_date = {{Start date|1772|01|29|df=y}}
| premiere_location = Burgtheater, Vienna
}}
{{Lang|it|La fiera di Venezia}} (The fair in Venice) is a three-act opera buffa, described as a {{Lang|it|commedia per musica}}, by Antonio Salieri, set to an Italian libretto by {{ill|Giovanni Gastone Boccherini|it}} (brother of the composer Luigi Boccherini).
Performance history
The opera premiered with great success on 29 January 1772 at the Burgtheater in Vienna.{{Almanacco|dmy=29 January 1772|match=La fiera di Venezia}}[http://www.musicandhistory.com/pdf/1771-1780.pdf Music and History.com page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009213448/http://www.musicandhistory.com/pdf/1771-1780.pdf |date=2007-10-09 }} {{Lang|it|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.[http://www.aproposmozart.com/salieri.pdf "The Mozart–Salieri Connection"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929100357/http://www.aproposmozart.com/salieri.pdf |date=2007-09-29 }} by Volkmar Braunbehrens In 1773, Mozart wrote fortepiano variations to the aria "Mio caro adone". In the movie Amadeus, Mozart refers to the piece when introducing himself to Salieri. He called the aria, “a funny little tune but it yielded some good things”.
Roles
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|+{{sronly|Roles, voice types}} !Role |
| Falsirena |
| Calloandra
|soprano |
| Cristallina
|soprano |
| Ostrogoto |
| Rasoio
|tenor |
| Cecchino
|tenor |
| Grifagno
|bass |
| Belfusto
|bass |
Recordings
- Complete recording – Falsirena: Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli, Grifagno: Furio Zanasi,; Calloandra: Dilyara Idrisova, Ostrogoto: Krystian Adam, Cristallina: Natalia Rubiś, Rasojo: Emanuele D'Aguanno, Belfusto: Giorgio Caoduro; choir and Orchestra l'arte del mondo, {{ill|Werner Ehrhardt|de|Werner Ehrhardt (Dirigent)}} DHM 2CD 2019
References
External links
- {{IMSLP|work=La fiera di Venezia (Salieri, Antonio)|cname=La fiera di Venezia}}
- [https://digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb10754397 Libretto], Munich Digitization Center
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Category:Operas by Antonio Salieri
Category:Italian-language operas