Scanderbeg (opera)
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Scanderbeg (RV 732) is an opera (dramma per musica) in three acts composed by Antonio Vivaldi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Salvi. It was first performed at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence on June 22, 1718 to mark the re-opening of the theatre to public performances.[1] While the libretto has been preserved only fragments of the original score remain.[2]
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[edit] Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast June 22, 1718[3] |
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| Doneca | soprano | Francesca Cuzzoni-Sandoni, 'La Parmigiana' |
| Climene | soprano | Anna Guglielmi |
| Asteria | contralto | Agata Landi |
| Acomat | soprano | Rosa Venturini |
| Scanderbeg | alto castrato | Giovanni Battista Carboni |
| Aroniz | alto castrato | Antonio Ristorini |
| Ormondo | alto castrato | Giovanni Pietro Sbaraglia |
| Amurat II | alto castrato | Gaetano Mossi |
[edit] Synopsis
The subject of the opera is Skanderbeg, the 15th-century Albanian hero.
[edit] Recordings
Two arias the opera's second act, "S'a voi penso, o luci belle" (Ormondo) and "Con palme ed allori" (Scanderbeg), can be heard on Arie ritrovate sung by contralto Sonia Prina with the Accademia Bizantina, conducted by Ottavio Dantone. (Naïve Records)
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[edit] Sources
- Casaglia, Gherardo (2005) "22 Giugno 1718". Almanacco Amadeus. Accessed 20 April 2011 (Italian).
- Colas, Damien and Di Profio, Alessandro (2009). D'une scène à l'autre, l'opéra italien en Europe: Les pérégrinations d'un genre. Mardaga. ISBN 2870099924 (French)
- Holmes, William (1994). Opera observed: Views of a Florentine impresario in the early eighteenth century. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226349705
- Strohm, Reinhard (2008a). The operas of Antonio Vivaldi, Volume 13, Part 1. L.S. Olschki. ISBN 8822256824
- Strohm, Reinhard (2008b). Essays on Handel and Italian Opera. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521088356
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