Ifigenia in Tauride (Jommelli)
Ifigenia in Tauride is an opera (opera seria) in three acts by Niccolò Jommelli set to a libretto by the Mannheim court poet Mattia Verazi.[1] It premiered on 30 May 1771 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples to celebrate the name day of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies. The story is based on Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides.
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast 30 May 1771 |
|---|---|---|
| Ifigenia, priestess of Diana | soprano | Maria Anna de Amicis-Buonsollazzi |
| Oreste, Ifigenia's brother | soprano castrato | Gaspare Pacchierotti |
| Toante, King of Tauris | tenor | Arcangelo Cortoni |
| Pilade, Oreste's friend | soprano castrato | Tommaso Galeazzi |
| Tomiri, hereditary princess of Tauris | soprano | Teresa Mignoni |
| Merodate, king of Sarmati | contralto castrato | Pietro Santi |
Notes and references
- ^ Verazi's libretto had previously been used for Gian Francesco de Majo's ballet of the same name which premiered in Mannheim in 1764.
Sources
- Casaglia, Gherardo, "30 Maggio 1771", Almanacco Amadeus, 2005. Accessed 25 October 2009 (in Italian).
- Cassaro, James P., "Gian Francesco de Majo: Ifigenia in Tauride", Notes, September 1998.