Ipermestra
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ipermestra (Hypermnestra) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of a opera seria in three acts. The Italian-language libretto is by Pietro Metastasio. The opera premiered on 21 November 1744 at the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo in Venice. Ipermestra is the first of Gluck's operas to survive complete.
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 21 November 1744 |
|---|---|---|
| Danao | tenor | Ottavio Albuzio |
| Ipermestra | contralto | Vittoria Tesi-Tramontini |
| Linceo | soprano castrato | Lorenzo Ghirardi |
| Elpinice | contralto | Girolama Giacometti |
| Plestene | soprano | Rosalia Andreides |
| Adrasto | soprano castrato | Giuseppe Perini |
References
- The Viking Opera Guide, ed. Amanda Holden (Viking, 1993), p.371.
- Alfred Wotquenne Catalogue thématique des œuvres de Chr. W. v. Gluck (Georg Olms Verlag, 1967)
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