Roles
Note that the opera was unfinished and never premiered as such. The singers' names given in the table below are those for whom Mozart wrote the roles and who were to have sung in its premiere.
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast (Conductor: – ) |
|---|---|---|
| Bocconio Papparelli, a rich but stupid man, betrothed to Eugenia | bass | Francesco Benucci |
| Eugenia, a young Roman noblewoman, betrothed to Papparelli but in love with Don Asdrubale | soprano | Nancy Storace |
| Don Asdrubale, a Tuscan army officer | tenor | Stefano Mandini |
| Bettina, Papparelli's vain young niece, also in love with Don Asdrubale | soprano | Katherina Cavalieri |
| Pulcherio, the misogynist friend of Papparelli | tenor | Francesco Bussani |
| Gervasio, Eugenia's tutor, in love with Metilde | bass | Signore Pugnetti |
| Metilde, a virtuoso singer and dancer and friend of Bettina, also in love with Don Asdrubale | soprano | Theresia Teyber |
The setting is a seaside villa near Livorno.
The cast is nearly identical to that of the first Le nozze di Figaro. Benucci was the first Figaro. Storace the first Susanna. Mandini the first Count Almaviva, and Bussani the first Bartolo. Both Mandini and Bussani started as tenors but by this time they were a baritone and a bass respectively.
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