I giuochi d'Agrigento

I giuochi d'Agrigento is an opera by Giovanni Paisiello to a libretto by Count Alessandro Pepoli with which the rebuilt La Fenice in Venice was inaugurated on 16 May 1792. The castrato Gasparo Pacchierotti lead the cast.[1] The plot is set against the games at ancient Agrigento on Sicily's southwest shore.

Recordings

2008 Eraclide (Marcello Nardis), Clearco (Razek François Bitar), Aspasia (Maria Laura Martonana), Egesta (Mara Lanfranchi), Cleone (Vincenzo Taormina), Filosseno (Nicola Amodio), Elpenore (Vladimer Mebonia), Deifile (Dolores Carlucci). Coro Slovacco di Bratislava. Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Giovanni Battista Rigon (cond.) Dynamic 531/1-2 [2CDs][2]

References

A Chronology Of Western Classical Music 1600-2000 1783231211 Jon Paxman - 2014 - 16 May The rebuilt Teatro La Fenice in Venice is inaugurated by Paisiello's I giuochi d'Agrigento (The Games of Agrigento). The famous castrato Gasparo Pacchierotti leads the cast.
Opera Today review

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[1] A Chronology Of Western Classical Music 1600-2000 1783231211 Jon Paxman - 2014 - 16 May The rebuilt Teatro La Fenice in Venice is inaugurated by Paisiello's I giuochi d'Agrigento (The Games of Agrigento). The famous castrato Gasparo Pacchierotti leads the cast.

[2] Opera Today review