SCOLARI: La Cascina

SCOLARI: La Cascina 27 December. Venice, S. Sam. Text by C. Goldoni. Three acts. Scolari’s most popular comic opera. Given at Bassano Carnival 1763, as La Campagna; in Italy until 1772. In Italian also produced at Dresden 30 June 1756; Trieste Carnival 1757; ST. Petersburg Autumn 1758; Barcelona [7 April] 1761 (with some airs by Brusa); Dublin 19 December 1761; Nuremberg 15 November 1762; London 8 January 1763 (as pasticcio, text arranged by G. G. Bottarelli ); Berlin December 1763; Pressburg…