Didone abbandonata is an 1823 opera in two acts by Saverio Mercadante to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola after Metastasio's Didone abbandonata.[1] It was first performed on 18 January 1823 at the Teatro Regio in Turin.
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Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 18 January 1823 Conductors: Luigi Molino (1st violin) and Bernardo Ottani (harpsichord)[2] |
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Didone, Queen of Carthage | soprano | Carolina Neri Passerini |
Enea, in love with Dido | contralto en travesti | Fanny Eckerlin |
Jarba, under the name Arbace, King of the Moors | tenor | Nicola Tacchinardi |
Osmida, Didone's confidant | bass | Raffaele Benetti |
Araspe, Jarba's confidant, secretly in love with Selene | tenor | Pietro Gentili |
Selene, Sidone's sister, secretly in love with Enea | soprano | Gioconda Vitali |
Role | Voice type | Premiere (in modern times), 18 August 2018 Conductors: Alessandro de Marchi (Conductor) [2] |
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Didone, Queen of Carthage | soprano | Viktorija Miskunaite |
Enea, in love with Dido | contralto en travesti | Katrin Wundsam |
Jarba, under the name Arbace, King of the Moors | tenor | Carlo Allemano |
Osmida, Didone's confidant | bass | Pietro Di Bianco |
Araspe, Jarba's confidant, secretly in love with Selene | tenor | Diego Godoy |
Selene, Sidone's sister, secretly in love with Enea | soprano | Emilie Renard |
Recording
edit- Didone abbandonata – Viktorija Miskunaite, Katrin Wundsam, Carlo Allemano, Emilie Renard, Diego Godoy, Pietro di Bianco, Coro Maghini, Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi DVD, Naxos, 2018
References
edit- ^ Karyl Charna Lynn, Italian Opera Houses and Festivals
- ^ a b Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Didone abbandonata, 18 January 1823". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
External links
edit- Didone abbandonata: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Work details, Corago, University of Bologna (in Italian)
- Libretto, 1823