Fiordiligi

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Fiordiligi is one of the two noble sisters at the center of Mozart and Da Ponte’s opera "Così fan tutte," known for her initially steadfast but ultimately wavering fidelity.

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Label Occurrences
Fiordiligi canonical 11
Fiordiligi is a soprano 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
opera character
soprano role
appearsIn Così fan tutte
aria Come scoglio
Per pietà, ben mio, perdona
associatedWithTheme constancy
fidelity
temptation
betrothedTo Guglielmo
characterArcTheme conflict between ideal and human weakness
characterTrait initially steadfast
morally conflicted
ultimately yielding to temptation
creator Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
disguisedSuitorInPlot Ferrando (under Albanian disguise)
linked to: Ferrando
dramaticFunction central figure in the lovers’ fidelity experiment
tests ideals of female constancy
ensembleNumber Soave sia il vento
È amore un ladroncello (contextual ensemble scenes)
firstPerformanceLocationOpera Burgtheater, Vienna
firstPerformanceOpera 1790
frequentCasting lyric-dramatic soprano
librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte
moralArc from rigid constancy to self-aware fallibility
narrativeRole one of the two central sisters
nationalityInOpera Bolognese
notablePerformanceTradition demanding coloratura passages
operaBy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
operaCatalogueNumber K. 588 (Così fan tutte)
linked to: K. 588
operaEnglishTitle Thus Do They All, or The School for Lovers
operaGenreContext dramma giocoso
operaLanguage Italian
operaLibrettoBy Lorenzo Da Ponte
operaStructureContext major role across all three acts
operaTitleTranslation Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti
linked to: Così fan tutte
pairedWith Guglielmo (original fiancé)
relationshipDynamic sisterly contrast with Dorabella
settingOfOpera Naples
sibling Dorabella
socialStatus noblewoman
temptedBy Ferrando
timePeriodOfOperaSetting 18th century
vocalDemand dramatic and lyrical expression
wide vocal range
voiceType soprano
workForm role in a three-act opera

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

K. 588 hasCharacter Fiordiligi
Thus Do They All hasCharacter Fiordiligi
Despina employer Fiordiligi
Despina associatedWith Fiordiligi
Despina deceivesCharacter Fiordiligi
Don Alfonso deceives Fiordiligi
Soave sia il vento associatedCharacter Fiordiligi
subject linked to: Trio "Soave sia il vento"
"Come scoglio" sungByCharacter Fiordiligi
subject linked to: Aria "Come scoglio"
"Come scoglio" characterVoiceType Fiordiligi is a soprano
subject linked to: Aria "Come scoglio"
linked to: Fiordiligi