Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Il re pastore (The Shepherd King) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of a dramma per musica in three acts. The Italian-language libretto is by Pietro Metastasio. The opera premiered on 8 December 1756 at the Burgtheater, Vienna.
Roles
| Role
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Voice type
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Premiere Cast
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| Alessandro, King of Macedonia
|
tenor
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Pietro Mezzo
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| Aminta, a shepherd, rightful heir to Sidon
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soprano castrato
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Ferdinando Mazzanti
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| Elisa, a noble nymph of Phoenicia, of the family of Cadmus
|
soprano
|
Catarina Gabrielli
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| Tamiri, a fugitive princess, daughter of the deposed tyrant Stratone
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soprano
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Francesca Gabrielli
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| Agenore, a Sidonian nobleman
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soprano castrato
|
Paolo Bareggi
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Sources
- Holden, Amanda The Viking Opera Guide (Viking, 1993), page 373.
- Gluck Gesamtausgabe Il re pastore
