Il trionfo dell'onore

Il trionfo dell'onore (The Triumph of Honour) is an operatic 'commedia' in three acts by the Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti, with a libretto by Francesco Antonio Tullio. It was first performed at the Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, on 26 November 1718. It is Scarlatti's only known comic opera.

Roles
Roles, voice types, premiere cast
Role Voice type[1] Premiere cast[2]
Riccardo Albenori soprano (en travesti) Caterina Testi
Leonora Dorini contralto Petronilla Micheli
Erminio soprano castrato Biagio Stabile
Doralice Rosetti soprano Costanza Posterla
Flaminio Castravacca tenor
(not known)[3]
Cornelia Buffacci tenor (en travesti) Simone De Falco
Rosina Caruccia contralto Marianna Monti
Capitan Rodimarte Bombarda bass Giacomo D'Ambrosio

Synopsis
Act 1
Ricardo Albenori, a dissolute young man, and his friend, the soldier Rodimarte Bombarda, arrive in Pisa, having escaped from Lucca where they had run into trouble with the law. In Lucca, Riccardo had also seduced Leonora Dorini before rejecting her in favour of Doralice Rossetti. Leonora has followed him and takes refuge with Cornelia Buffacci, Doralice's aunt. Doralice, too, is still pursuing Riccardo, who manages to convince her he loves her.
Act 2
Erminio, Leonora's brother who is in love with Doralice, arrives in Pisa. Leonora tells him how Riccardo, Erminio's friend, seduced her. He vows to avenge her. Leonora and Doralice quarrel over Riccardo.
Act 3
Riccardo plans to elope with Doralice but Erminio finds him and challenges him to a duel. Riccardo is wounded, repents his dissolute life and accepts Leonora's hand in marriage.

References
  1. Vaccarini, Marina, Trionfo dell'onore, Il, in Gelli, Piero & Poletti, Filippo eds. (2007). Dizionario dell'Opera 2008, Milan: Baldini Castoldi Dalai, pp. 1311-1312. ISBN 978-88-6073-184-5 (reproduced online at Opera Manager (in Italian))
  2. Casaglia, Gherardo (2005)."Il trionfo dell´onore, 26 November 1718". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  3. 'NN' according to Parsons, Charles H., ed. (1992). Opera Premieres: Index of Casts v. 2. New York: Edwin Mellen Press. p. 1164. ISBN 0-88946-413-8.

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