Il Flaminio

Il Flaminio
Opera buffa by G. B. Pergolesi
Title page of the libretto
Librettist	Gennaro Antonio Federico
Language	Neapolitan and Italian
Premiere	1735 (1735) Teatro Nuovo, Naples

Il Flaminio is a 1735 opera buffa^[1] 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.^[2]

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere cast 1735
Giustina, a young widow	contralto
Flaminio, under the false name of Giulio, her lover	soprano (en travesti)	Antonia Colasanti
Polidoro, in love with Giustina	tenor	Pietro Vitale
Agata, his sister, Ferdinando's fiancée, but in love with Giulio	soprano	Anna Cialfieri
Ferdinando	soprano (breeches role)	Paola Fernandez
Checca, Giustina's maid	soprano	Margherita Pozzi
Vastiano, 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)

References

1. "G. B. Pergolesi: Il Flaminio (1735) / Sinfonia from the Opera / Accademia Bizantina". YouTube. 19 February 2009.
2. Julie Ann Sadie, Companion to Baroque Music p.75