Demetrio (1779)
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Demetrio is an eighteenth-century Italian
Performance history
The opera was first performed at the
Roles
Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 13 August 1779, Teatro San Carlo, Naples |
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Cleonice, queen of Syria, in love with Alceste | soprano | Rosa Agostini |
Alceste, later revealed to be Demetrio, king of Syria | soprano castrato | Domenico Bedini |
Fenicio, grandee of the realm, tutor of Alceste, and father of Olinto | tenor | Gaetano Scovelli |
Olinto, grandee of the realm and rival of Alceste | soprano castrato | Gaspare de Filippis |
Barsene, confidante of Cleonice and secretly in love with Alceste | soprano | Caterina Lusini |
Mitrane, captain of the guards and friend of Fenicio | soprano | Antonia Rubinacci (in a breeches role) |
Vocal set pieces
Act I, scene 1 - Aria of Cleonice, "Fra tanti pensieri"
Act I, scene 2 - Aria of Fenicio, "Se fecondo, e vigoroso"
Act I, scene 3 - Aria of Alceste, "Scherza il nocchier talora"
Act I, scene 4 - Aria of Olinto, "Che mi giova l'onor della cuna"
Act I, scene 5 - Aria of Barsene, "Dal labbro che t'accende"
Act I, scene 7 - Duet for Cleonice and Alceste, "Ah, se di te mi privi"
Act II, scene 1 - Aria of Olinto, "È la fede degli amanti"
Act II, scene 2 - Aria of Mitrane, "Dice che t'è fedele"
Act II, scene 5 - Aria of Cleonice, "Nacqui agl'affanni in seno"
Act II, scene 6 - Aria of Fenicio, "Alme incaute che torbide ancora"
Act II, scene 7 - Aria of Barsene, "So che per gioco"
Act II, scene 8 - Aria of Olinto, "Non fidi al mar che freme"
Act II, scene 10 - Aria of Alceste, "Non so frenare il pianto"
Act II, scene 12 - Aria of Cleonice, "Mi parea del porto in seno" [a non-Metastasian text]
Act III, scene 1 - Aria of Cleonice, "Io so qual pena sia"
Act III, scene 2 - Aria of Alceste, "Quel labbro adorato"
Act III, scene 3 - Aria of Fenicio, "Giusti Dei da voi non chiede"
Act III, scene 4 - Aria of Barsene, "Semplicetta tortorella"
Score
The complete score of Mysliveček's Demetrio of 1779 is available for study online on the Italian website Internet Culturale in the form of a reproduction of a manuscript once in the possession of the Teatro San Carlo of Naples.
See also
References
- ^ Detailed documentation concerning the Naples performance of Mysliveček's Demetrio of 1779 is found in Daniel E. Freeman, Josef Mysliveček, "Il Boemo" (Sterling Heights, Mich.: Harmonie Park Press, 2009).
External links
Complete score in manuscript available for viewing and downloading at http://www.internetculturale.it (Subcategory: Digital Contents)