I giuochi d'Agrigento

I giuochi d'Agrigento is an opera by Giovanni Paisiello to a libretto by Count Alessandro Pepoli with which the rebuilt La Fenice in Venice was inaugurated on 16 May 1792. The castrato Gasparo Pacchierotti lead the cast.^[1] The plot, inspired in part by Metastasio's L'Olimpiade, is set against the games at ancient Agrigento on Sicily's southwest shore.^[2]

^ A Chronology Of Western Classical Music 1600-2000 1783231211 Jon Paxman - 2014 - 16 May The rebuilt Teatro La Fenice in Venice is inaugurated by Paisiello's I giuochi d'Agrigento (The Games of Agrigento). The famous castrato Gasparo Pacchierotti leads the cast.
^ John A. Rice, "Opera Seria in Theory and Practice: Alessandro Pepoli's 'Lettera ad un uomo ragionevole sul melodramma detto serio" (1790) and His Libretto for Paisiello's I giuochi d'Agrigento (1792)

[1] A Chronology Of Western Classical Music 1600-2000 1783231211 Jon Paxman - 2014 - 16 May The rebuilt Teatro La Fenice in Venice is inaugurated by Paisiello's I giuochi d'Agrigento (The Games of Agrigento). The famous castrato Gasparo Pacchierotti leads the cast.

[2] John A. Rice, "Opera Seria in Theory and Practice: Alessandro Pepoli's 'Lettera ad un uomo ragionevole sul melodramma detto serio" (1790) and His Libretto for Paisiello's I giuochi d'Agrigento (1792)

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