Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 2 acts |
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Composition Year | 1809 |
Genre Categories | Opera semiseria; Theatrical Works; Operas; |
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Work Title | Agnese |
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Alternative. Title | Agnes ; Dramma semiserio |
Composer | Paër, Ferdinando |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IFP 2 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 2 acts |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1809 |
First Performance. | 1809 October, Parma, Villa Douglas-Scotti, Ponte d’Attaro |
First Publication. | 1811? |
Librettist | Luigi Buonavoglia, after Filippo Casari |
Language | Italian |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Classical |
Piece Style | Classical |
Instrumentation | voices, orchestra |
External Links | Wikipedia (Italian). Reviews of a recent performance in Torino (2019): Drammaturgia and Opernfreund. |
Extra Information | Buonavoglia's libretto (1809) was derived from the theatre play Agnese di Fitz-Henry by Filippo Casari (1802), which in turn was based on the English novel The Father and the Daughter (1801) by Amelia Opie. [1] |