Ercole su'l Termodonte
Ercole su'l Termodonte | |
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Dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi | |
Librettist | Antonio Salvi |
Language | Italian |
Premiere | 23 January 1723 Teatro Capranica, Rome |
Ercole su'l Termodonte (Italian pronunciation:
Although the score was believed to have been lost, 30 arias and 2 duets were discovered in several archives, and the rest of the opera was reconstructed by Alessandro Ciccolini.
Roles
Role | Voice type | Premiere cast,[2] 1723 (Conductor: Antonio Vivaldi ) |
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Hercules (Ercole) | tenor | Giovanni Battista Pinacci |
Antiope, Queen of the Amazons | en travesti )
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Giovanni Ossi |
Martesia,Antiope's daughter | soprano castrato (en travesti) | Girolamo Bartoluzzi |
Hippolyte, Antiope's sister | soprano castrato (en travesti) | Giacinto Fontana, "Farfallino" |
Orizia, Antiope's second sister | soprano castrato (en travesti) | Giovanni "Tedeschino" Dreyer |
Theseus, prince of Athens | contralto castrato | Giovanni Battista Minelli |
Alceste, king of Sparta | soprano castrato | Giovanni Carestini |
Telamone, king of Ithaca | contralto castrato | Giuseppe Domenico Galletti |
Synopsis
The story is based on the ninth of twelve legendary
Hercules, accompanied by the heroes
Recordings
- DVD: (Spoleto Festival 2006 - 2007) Vivaldi - Ercole su'l Termodonte / Il Complesso Barocco, conductor: Alan Curtis. Performers: Zachary Stains, Mary-Ellen Nesi, Laura Cherici, Luca Dordolo, Marina Bartoli, Randall Scotting, Filippo Mineccia / Il Complesso Barocco, conductor: Alan Curtis, director: John Pascoe. Dynamic, Italy.
- CD: (2010) Vivaldi - Ercole su'l Termodonte / conductor: Fabio Biondi. With Vivica Genaux, Diana Damrau, Patrizia Ciofi, Joyce DiDonato, Romina Basso, Philippe Jaroussky, Rolando Villazón, Topi Lehtipuu. Virgin Classics. Recorded January 2009 in Florence, Italy.
References
Notes
- ^ a b Vitali, 2007
- ^ a b italianopera.org, accessed 16 December 2010
Sources
- Talbot, Michael, Vivaldi and Rome: Observations and Hypotheses, Journal of the Royal Musical Association, Vol. 113, No. 1, 1988, 28–46.
- Vitali, Carlo, Biondi's Labors Won, or Unearthing the Lost Vivaldi, Opera Today, 22 Oct 2007 (accessible online).