Part 3 / Act 3 — (PEASANT LOVE)
Reading edition
Scene: Venice and Old Point Comfort.
Time: Early 16th Century.
Cast
Alfonso, Duke of Minnestrone
Baritone
Partola, a Peasant Girl
Soprano
Cleanso Young Noblemen of Venice.
Tenor
Turino Young Noblemen of Venice.
Tenor
Bombo Young Noblemen of Venice.
Basso
Ludovico Assassins in the service of Cafeteria Rusticana
Basso
Astolfo Assassins in the service of Cafeteria Rusticana
Methodist
Townspeople, Cabbies and Sparrows
Argument
"Il Minnestrone" is an allegory of the two sides of a man's nature (good and bad), ending at last in an awfully comical mess with everyone dead.