First performance 17 February 1802 Librettist Antonio Simeone Sografi Adapted from Le Cid | Composer Giuseppe Farinelli Language Italian | |
Similar Le Cid, Pamela, Flavio, Gli Orazi e i Curiazi, Rodrigue et Chimène | ||
Il Cid della Spagna is a dramma per musica or opera in 2 acts by composer Giuseppe Farinelli. The work uses an Italian language libretto by Antonio Simeone Sografi that is based on Pierre Corneille's 1636 play Le Cid. The work premiered at La Fenice in Venice on 17 February 1802 in a double bill with Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi's ballet Alessio di Wiarka.
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