I fuorusciti di Firenze

Opera by Ferdinando Paer

I fuorusciti di Firenze

Opera by Ferdinando Paer

Ferdinando Paer, engraving by Edme Quenedey des Ricets, 1809

Translation| The Exiles of Florence
Librettist| Angelo Anelli
Language| Italian
Premiere|

27 November 1802 (1802-11-27)

Hoftheater, Dresden

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

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Roles, voice types Cast  | Voice type

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Isabella, Princess of Florence | soprano
Umberto degli Ardinghelli, a bandit | bass-baritone
Edoardo de Liggozzi, Isabella's husband | tenor
Gianni, Edoardo's servant | bass
Cecchina, a peasant girl | soprano
Lena, a peasant girl | soprano

## Synopsis

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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

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* List of operas by Ferdinando Paer

## References

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

## Further reading

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* 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

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

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* Opera