I fuorusciti di Firenze
# I fuorusciti di Firenze

I fuorusciti di Firenze (The Exiles of Florence) is an opera semiseria in two acts by the Italian composer Ferdinando Paer. The libretto was by Angelo Anelli. The work is a form of 'rescue opera'.

The opera was first performed at the Hoftheater in Dresden on 27 November 1802.

## Roles

Roles, voice types :

| Cast | Voice type |
| - | - |
| Isabella, Princess of Florence | soprano |
| Umberto degli Ardinghelli, a bandit | bass-baritone |
| Edoardo de Liggozzi, Isabella's husband | tenor |
| Gianni, Edoardo's servant | bass |
| Cecchina, a peasant girl | soprano |
| Lena, a peasant girl | soprano |

## Synopsis

The bandit Umberto holds Isabella prisoner, and her husband Edoardo attempts unsuccessfully to rescue her. Eventually Isabella is revealed as Umberto's daughter.

