La pietra del paragone
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La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone) is an opera, or melodramma giocoso, in two acts by Gioacchino Rossini, to an original Italian libretto by Luigi Romanelli.
[edit] Performance history
La pietra del paragone was first performed at the La Scala, Milan, on 26 September 1812.
In more recent times, Eduardo De Filippo and Paolo Tomaselli directed a production for the Piccola Scala in 1982, which later toured to the Edinburgh International Festival and the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo. At various times, the cast included Margherita Guglielmi, Julia Hamari, Alessandro Corbelli, Claudio Desderi and Justino Diaz, conductor Roberto Abbado.
[edit] Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, September 26, 1812[1] (Conductor: Alessandro Rolla) |
|---|---|---|
| Count Asdrubale | bass | Filippo Galli |
| Clarice | contralto | Marietta Marcolini |
| Giocondo | tenor | Claudio Bonoldi |
| Pacuvio | baritone | Pietro Vasoli |
| Donna Fulvia | mezzo-soprano | Orsola Fei |
| Macrobio, a journalist | baritone | Antonio Parlamagni |
| Baroness Aspasia | soprano | Carolina Zerbini |
| Fabrizio | bass | Paolo Rossignoli |
| Gardeners, guests, soldiers, hunters | ||
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