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La grotta di Trofonio (Trofonio's Cave) is an opera, described as an opera comica, in two acts (five scenes) composed by Antonio Salieri to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Battista Casti.

The work was first performed in Vienna, Austria at the Burgtheater on October 12, 1785. The work may have influenced Lorenzo da Ponte when he wrote the libretto of Mozart's Così fan tutte.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere cast October 12, 1785	Revival March 14, 2005
Aristone	bass	Francesco Bussani	Olivier Lallouette
Dori, daughter of Aristone, in love with Artemidoro	soprano	Celeste Coltellini	Marie Arnet
Ofelia, daughter of Aristone, in love with Plistene	soprano	Nancy Storace	Raffaella Milanesi
Artemidoro	tenor	Vincenzo Calvesi	Nikolaï Schukoff
Plistene	tenor	Stefano Mandini	Mario Cassi
Trofonio, a magician	bass	Francesco Benucci	Carlo Lepore

Synopsis

Dori and Ofelia (sisters) are in love with Plistene and Artemidoro (friends). The two pairs have contrasting personalities: Dori and Plistene are extroverted and enthusiastic, Ofelia and Artemidoro are introverted and reserved. The magician Trofonio invites them to his magic cave where their characters are reversed, first the men and then the women. Eventually everything is sorted out and there is a happy ending.

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