Opera in the Repertoire · Classical
Il re Teodoro in Venezia
Music by Giovanni Paisiello · libretto by Giovanni Battista Casti · premiered 1784 · at Burgtheater
Il re Teodoro in Venezia is a 1784 comic opera by Giovanni Paisiello to a libretto Giovanni Battista Casti. Premiered at the Burgtheater Vienna, it was revived for Carnival in Parma in 1788.
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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
- I giuochi d'Agrigento (1792)