Scanderbeg (Vivaldi)
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Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 22 June 1718[3][4] |
|---|---|---|
| Scanderbeg, King of Albania | contralto castrato | Giovanni Battista Carboni |
| Doneca, his wife, disguised as a shepherdess | soprano | Francesca Cuzzoni-Sandoni, 'La Parmigiana' |
| Aroniz, Price of Epirus, father of Doneca, disguised as a shepherd | tenor | Antonio Ristorini |
| Ormondo, Count of Urana, army general | contralto castrato | Giovanni Pietro Sbaraglia, "Il Pesciatino" |
| Climene, Scanderbeg's captain | soprano (travesti) | Anna Guglielmini |
| Amurat II, monarch of the Turks | tenor | Gaetano Mossi |
| Asteria, his daughter | contralto | Agata Landi |
| Acomat, Amurat's general, in love with Asteria | soprano (travesti) | Rosa Venturini |
Synopsis
The subject of the opera is Skanderbeg, the 15th-century Albanian hero.
Recordings
Two arias from 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).
References
Notes
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- ↑ Holmes (1994) p. 16
- ↑ Colas and Di Profio (2009) p. 54; Strohm (2008a) p. 236
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- ↑ Premiere cast from Strohm (2008a), I, p. 232.
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Sources
- Colas, Damien and Di Profio, Alessandro (2009). D'une scène à l'autre, l'opéra italien en Europe: Les pérégrinations d'un genre. Mardaga. Template:ISBN Template:In lang
- Holmes, William (1994). Opera Observed: Views of a Florentine Impresario in the Early Eighteenth Century. University of Chicago Press. Template:ISBN
- Strohm, Reinhard (2008a). The Operas of Antonio Vivaldi. Florence: Olschki. Template:ISBN
Further reading
- Strohm, Reinhard (2008b). Essays on Handel and Italian Opera. Cambridge University Press. Template:ISBN
External links
- Scanderbeg (Vivaldi): Libretto at the International Music Score Library Project
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- Pages with script errors
- Works with IMSLP links
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- Operas by Antonio Vivaldi
- Italian-language operas
- Operas
- Operas based on real people
- Operas set in the 15th century
- Operas set in Europe
- Operas set in Albania
- Cultural depictions of Skanderbeg
- Opera seria
- 1718 operas