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La Finta Giardiniera (The Pretend Garden Girl)


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La Finta Giardiniera (The Pretend Garden Girl)This opera buffa was the first of Mozart's operas to be performed all over Europe and was premiered just before his nineteenth birthday. The original text was lost until 1978. Intrigue and farce unfold as the Countess, disguises herself as a gardener in order to seek out her long-lost lover.
Music Mozart
Lyrics Calzabigi (revised Coltellini)

Production details

Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Approx running time 3 hours 30 minutes. Supported (2006) by The Friends of Covent Garden. New Production Linbury Studio

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Company

Producer Royal Opera House
Conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Director Christof Loy
Design Herbert Murauer
Lighting Reinhard Traub
Performer Kurt Streit (Don Anchise)
Performer Genia Kuhmeier (Marchioness Violante/Sandrina)
Performer Christoph Strehl (Count Belfiore)
Performer Camilla Tilling (Arminda)
Performer Sophie Koch (Ramiro)
Performer Patrizia Biccire (Serpetta)
Performer Christopher Maltman (Roberto/Nardo)
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