Ginevra di Scozia
Music by Simon Mayr · libretto by Gaetano Rossi · premiered 1801 · at Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi
Ginevra di Scozia is an opera in two acts by Simon Mayr set to an Italian libretto by Gaetano Rossi based on Antonio Salvi's Ginevra, principessa di Scozia, which in turn was adapted from cantos 5 and 6 of Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso. Ginevra di Scozia premiered on 21 April 1801 at the Regio Teatro Nuovo in Trieste to celebrate the inauguration of the new theatre. The story is virtually identical to that of Handel's Ariodante which shares the same source for the libretto.
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About the Composer
Simon Mayr is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Simon Mayr
- Adelaide di Guesclino (1734)
- La Lodoiska (1796)
- Amor ingegnoso (1798)
- Che originali! (1798)
- L'accademia di musica (1800)
- L'amor coniugale (1805)
- I cherusci (1808)
- Amore non soffre opposizioni (1810)