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La Finta Semplice

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Mozart's first comic opera, written when he was 12, in a performance from last year's Innsbruck Early Music Festival. This opera buffa is in three acts. It was first produced at Salzburg in May 1769. The text is by Coltellini, after a libretto by Goldini first set by Perillo (1764).
Rosina, a Hungarian Baroness,
Concerto Cologne/ Rene Jacobs

Contributors

Unknown:
Rene Jacobs
pretending to be a simpleton:
Lena Lootens(sop)
Don Cassandro, a rich misogynist:
Francois Harismendy(bass)
Don Polidoro, his brother:
Guy de Mey(tenor)
Giacinta, their sister:
Jennifer Larmore(mezzo)
Ninetta, her cliambermaid:
Isabelle Poulenard(sop)
Fracasso, Rosina's brother:
Jurg Durmuller(tenor)
Simone, his valet:
Olivier Lallouette(bass)
Source: Radio Times

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