Pietra del paragone 2000Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD)
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A mere eighteen years after taking Edinburgh Festival audiences by surprise, this delightful early Rossini comedy came to Glasgow in a student production.
Cast details are from a programme in the OperaScotland archives.
Performance Cast
- Donna Fulvia a well-connected widow, in pursuit of the Count for his money
- Baronessa Aspasia a well-connected widow, in pursuit of the Count for his money
- Marchesa Clarice a well-connected widow, genuinely in love with Count Asdrubale
- Cavaliere Giocondo a Poet and friend to the Count
- Count Asdrubale a wealthy young aristocrat, very distrustful of women
- Pacuvio a struggling poet, associated with Donna Fulvia
- Macrobio a journalist and critic, associated with Baroness Aspasia
- Fabrizio Count Asdrubale's butler and aide