Il Flaminio is a 1735 opera buffa by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to a Neapolitan libretto by Gennaro Antonio Federico, first performed at the Teatro Nuovo, Naples. Untypically in Pergolesi's difficult and short career the opera was an immediate success and continued to be staged up to 1750.Julie Ann Sadie, Companion to Baroque Music p.75
Roles RoleVoice typePremiere cast1735Giustina, a young widow contralto Flaminio, under the false name of Giulio, her lover soprano (en travesti) Antonia ColasantiPolidoro, in love with Giustina tenor Pietro VitaleAgata, his sister, Ferdinando's fiancée, but in love with Giulio soprano Anna CialfieriFerdinando soprano (breeches role) Paola FernandezChecca, Giustina's maid soprano Margherita PozziVastiano, Polidoro's servant, in love with Checca bass Girolamo Piani
Recordings DVD from Teatro Studio Valeria Moriconi, Jesi 2010 Juan Francisco Gatell (Polidoro), Laura Polverelli (Flaminio), Marina De Liso (Giustina), Sonia Yoncheva (Agata) & Serena Malfi (Ferdinando) Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (conductor) & Michal Znaniecki (stage director)
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