CIMAROSA: La Vergine del Sole

CIMAROSA: La Vergine del Sole 6 November. St. Petersburg Text by F. Moretti (first composed by Sarti, as Idalide, in 1783). Three acts. One of the two operas Cimarosa wrote expressly for the Russian court. In Italian also given at Bologna 7 February 1790, etc., sometimes as Idalide; Warsaw 3 July 1790; Madrid 4 November 1790; Lisbon 25 July 1802. Revived St. Petersburg 1804; Rome, Valle May 1810.