Il trionfo dell'onore

"Il trionfo dell'onore" ("The Triumph of Honour") is a comic opera 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

ynopsis

Act One

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 Two

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 Three

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.

ources

*"The Viking Opera Guide" ed. Holden (Viking, 1993)
* [http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco.php?Start=0&Giorno=26&Mese=11&Anno=1718&Giornata=&Testo=&Parola=Stringa Amadeus Online (premier cast details in Italian)]
* [http://www.delteatro.it/dizionario_dell_opera/t/trionfo_dellonore_il.php Del Teatro (in Italian)]
* [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/jean-claude.brenac/SCARLATTI_TRIONFO.htm Magazine de l'opéra baroque (in French)]