PERGOLESI: La Contadina astuta*

PERGOLESI La Contadina astuta* 25 October. Naples , S.B. Text by T. Mariani. Two intermezzi, sung between the acts of Pergolesi’s Adriano in Siria (Metastasio’s text). The serious opera was unsuccessful; but the intermezzi enjoyed a long vogue after the composer’s death, under many different titles and with the usual alterations and additions, according to the requirements and abilities of the different buffo troupes. The following productions are to be recorded: ROME 1737 (as Livietta e…