Didone abbandonata (Mercadante)

Libretto title page, 1823

Didone abbandonata is an 1823 opera in two acts by Saverio Mercadante to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola after Metastasio's Didone abbandonata.[1] It was first performed on 18 January 1823 at the Teatro Regio in Turin.

Role Voice type Premiere cast, 18 January 1823
Conductors: Luigi Molino [it] (1st violin)
and Bernardo Ottani [it] (harpsichord)[2]
Didone, Queen of Carthage soprano Carolina Neri Passerini
Enea, in love with Dido contralto en travesti Fanny Eckerlin
Jarba, under the name Arbace, King of the Moors tenor Nicola Tacchinardi
Osmida, Didone's confidant bass Raffaele Benetti
Araspe, Jarba's confidant, secretly in love with Selene tenor Pietro Gentili
Selene, Sidone's sister, secretly in love with Enea soprano Gioconda Vitali
Role Voice type Premiere (in modern times), 18 August 2018
Conductors: Alessandro de Marchi (Conductor)
[2]
Didone, Queen of Carthage soprano Viktorija Miskunaite
Enea, in love with Dido contralto en travesti Katrin Wundsam
Jarba, under the name Arbace, King of the Moors tenor Carlo Allemano
Osmida, Didone's confidant bass Pietro Di Bianco
Araspe, Jarba's confidant, secretly in love with Selene tenor Diego Godoy
Selene, Sidone's sister, secretly in love with Enea soprano Emilie Renard

Recording

  • Didone abbandonata – Viktorija Miskunaite, Katrin Wundsam, Carlo Allemano, Emilie Renard, Diego Godoy, Pietro di Bianco, Coro Maghini, Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi DVD, Naxos, 2018

References

  1. ^ Karyl Charna Lynn, Italian Opera Houses and Festivals
  2. ^ a b Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Didone abbandonata, 18 January 1823". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).