Librettist: Gaetano Martinelli
Dramma giocoso
Date: 1772
Language: Italian
Large-scale
Condessa Flaminia
Don Cesarino
Lisetta
O Governatore Asdrubale
Cecchina
Orazio Capocchio
Agabito
A story of seven characters and their crossed loves: Governor Asdrubale is in love with Countess Flaminia; the notary Agabito falls for the peasant girl Cecchina; and Lisetta is torn between her boyfriend Orazio Capocchio and Don Cesarino. The latter promises marriage to Lisetta, to the Countess and to Cecchina, seeking to deceive all three. The plan seems to work: Don Cesarino marries them all, receives each one’s dowry and withdraws. When he is unmasked, he is forced to return what he stole and to face his victims in their judgement. At that moment, Lisetta reconciles with Orazio, the Governor decides to marry Cecchina, and the Countess contradicts the others by admitting that she still loves Don Cesarino and choosing to forgive him and accept him as her husband.1
Orchestra
Publisher (Ouverture): AVA Musical Editions
Score: Biblioteca do Palácio Nacional da Ajuda
Lo spirito di contradizione is a dramma giocoso by Jerónimo Francisco de Lima, presented at the Teatro do Palácio de Salvaterra de Magos during the Carnival of 1772. In 1985, the work received its modern premiere at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, under the artistic direction of João de Freitas Branco with staging by Paolo Trevisi.2
Date: Carnival of 1772
Venue: Real Teatro de Salvaterra de Magos
Scores & Materials: Biblioteca do Palácio Nacional da Ajuda AVA Musical Editions (Ouverture)
