Il ratto della sposa

Il ratto della sposa (The Kidnapped Fiancée) is an opera buffa in three acts by Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi. The Italian libretto was by Gaetano Martinelli.

Performance history

It was first performed at the Teatro San Moisè in Venice in the autumn of 1765. A revised version was staged in London in 1768. The opera was successful and there were productions in succeeding decades, some entitled Lo sposo rapita or Il vecchio deluso.

Roles

Cast Voice type Premiere, autumn, 1765
(Conductor:Unknown)
Gaudenzio, a spendthrift tenor
Aurora, Gaudenzio's sister, in love with Gentilino mezzo-soprano
Donna Ortensia, Gaudenzio's employer, with designs on her employee soprano
Dorina, Donna Ortensia's maid, attracted to Gaudenzio soprano
Gentilino tenor
Polidoro, a rich old man tenor
Biondino, Polidoro's nephew tenor

References

  • Hunter, Mary (1992), 'Ratto della sposa, ll' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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