- Didone (opera)
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Francesco Cavalli Operas- Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo (1639)
- Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne (1640)
- La Didone (1641)
- La virtù dei strali d'Amore (1642)
- Egisto (1643)
- L'Ormindo (1644)
- Doriclea (1645)
- Il Giasone (1649)
- Orimonte (1650)
- Oristeo (1651)
- La Calisto (1652)
- Eritrea (1652)
- Veremonda (1652)
- Rosinda (1653)
- Orione (1653)
- Ciro (1654)
- Xerse (1655)
- Statira principessa di Persia (1655)
- Erismena (1655)
- Artemisia (1657)
- Hipermestra (1658)
- Elena (1659)
- Ercole amante (1662)
- Scipione affricano (1664)
- Mutio Scevola (1665)
- Pompeo Magno (1666)
- Eliogabalo (1667)
Didone is an opera by Francesco Cavalli, set to a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello (later librettist for Claudio Monteverdi). The opera was first performed at Venice's Teatro San Cassiano during 1641.
The plot is based on Virgil's Aeneid (Book 4 in particular), though Busenello, in his second libretto for Cavalli, replaces Dido's tragic suicide of Virgil with a happy ending in which Dido marries Iarbas, King of the Getuli, who saves Dido from herself after Aeneas abandons her. The action is divided into a prologue and 3 acts.
Contents
Roles
Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 1641
(Conductor: - )Enea tenor Didone soprano Iarbas contralto Cassandra soprano Anchise tenor Ascanio soprano Hecuba contralto Creusa soprano Anna soprano Mercurio contralto Sicheo tenor Pirro tenor Corebo contralto Sinone bass Ambasciatore Ilionèo contralto Acate tenor Giove bass Giunone soprano Iride soprano Venere soprano Amore soprano Nettuno bass Eolo tenor Fortuna soprano Three court ladies sopranos Recordings
- Live Video recording on DVD - 2006 - Teatro Malibran, Venice - Fabio Biondi, conductor - Orchestra Europa Galante
Cast: Claron McFadden, Magnus Staveland, Jordi Domènech, Manuela Custer, Marina De Liso, Donatella Lombardi - Dynamic cat. 33537
See also
References
- Sources
- Rosand, Ellen. "Didone", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed 28 August 2007), grovemusic.com (subscription access).
External links
Categories:- Operas by Francesco Cavalli
- Operas
- Operas based on Greco-Roman mythology
- 1641 operas
- Italian-language opera stubs
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