I giuochi d'Agrigento
Music by Giovanni Paisiello · libretto by Alessandro Pepoli · premiered 1792 · at Teatro La Fenice
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. The plot, inspired in part by Metastasio's L'Olimpiade, is set against the games at ancient Agrigento on Sicily's southwest shore.
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About the Composer
Giovanni Paisiello (or Paesiello; 9 May 1740 – 5 June 1816) was an Italian composer of the Classical era, and was the most popular opera composer of the late 1700s. His operatic style influenced Mozart and Rossini.
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Other Operas by Giovanni Paisiello
- Il re Teodoro in Venezia (1784)