La serva padrona
Almeida studied in Rome during the 1720s before returning to Lisbon, and this opera, the only one of the three composed by him that survives intact, shows the influence of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, whose "La serva padrona" was written six years earlier. His orchestra was similar to that of Alessandro Scarlatti, and, unusually for the time, none of the male roles in the opera were sung by castrati.