Le serve rivali is a dramma giocoso per musica in two acts by composer Tommaso Traetta with an Italian libretto by Pietro Chiari. The opera originally premiered in one act as an intermezzo at the Teatro San Moisè in Venice, Italy in the autumn of 1766. Traetta greatly expanded the work, and the full opera was first performed at the Fenzo Modesto in Venice later that same year.[1]

Roles

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Role Voice type Premiere Teatro San Moisè Cast, 1766
(Conductor:)
Premiere Fenzo Modesto Cast, 1766
(Conductor:)
Lelio soprano castrato Pietro Benedetti role not included
Giacinta mezzo-soprano Giovanni Ripa (castrato en travesti) Teresa Zaccarini
Palmetta soprano Nicola Cecini (castrato en travesti) Giovanna D'aquino
Giannino tenor Francesco Bussani Gioacchino Caribaldi
Don Grillo tenor role not included Giacomo Rizzoli
Carlina soprano role not included Brigida Marchesi
Letanzio tenor role not included Antonio Nazzolini

References

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  1. ^ "LIBRETTI A STAMPA di Tommaso Traetta". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-09-20.