I fuorusciti di Firenze

Opera by Ferdinando Paer

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.^[1]

Roles

Synopsis

The bandit Umberto holds Isabella prisoner, and her husband Edoardo attempts unsuccessfully to rescue her. Eventually Isabella is revealed as Umberto's daughter.

See also

• List of operas by Ferdinando Paer

References

1. Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "I fuorusciti di Firenze, 27 November 1802". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).

Further reading

• Balthazar, Scott L. (1992), "Fuorusciti di Firenze, I" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7

External links

• I fuorusciti di Firenze: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project