L'incoronazione di Dario (Perti)
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L'incoronazione di Dario (The Coronation of Darius) is an opera in three acts composed by Giacomo Antonio Perti
to a libretto
by Adriano Morselli (revised by Giorgio Maria Raparini). It premiered on January 13, 1686 at the Teatro Malvezzi in Bologna
. Morselli originally wrote the libretto for Domenico Freschi
's opera Dario which premiered at the Teatro San Angelo
in Venice in 1685. Other later uses of the libretto include Giuseppe Aldrovandini
's 1705 L'incoronazione di Dario (with the libretto revised by Andrea del Pò) and Vivaldi's 1717 L'incoronazione di Dario
(with the libretto revised by an unknown author).
Giacomo Antonio Perti
Giacomo Antonio Perti was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. He was mainly active at Bologna, where he was Maestro di Cappella for sixty years...
to a libretto
Libretto
A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata, or musical. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata, or even the story line of a...
by Adriano Morselli (revised by Giorgio Maria Raparini). It premiered on January 13, 1686 at the Teatro Malvezzi in Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
. Morselli originally wrote the libretto for Domenico Freschi
Domenico Freschi
Giovanni Domenico Freschi was an Italian composer and Roman Catholic priest. From the age of 22 until his death he worked as a church musician and composer in Vincenza...
's opera Dario which premiered at the Teatro San Angelo
Teatro San Angelo
The Teatro San Angelo or Teatro Sant' Angelo was one a theatre in Venice which ran from 1677-1803.It was the last of the major Venetian theatres to be built in the 1650s-60s opera craze following Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo in 1654, Teatro San Samuele 1655, Teatro San Salvatore 1661, Teatro San...
in Venice in 1685. Other later uses of the libretto include Giuseppe Aldrovandini
Giuseppe Aldrovandini
Giuseppe Antonio Vincenzo Aldrovandini was an Italian Baroque composer. He is credited with writing over twenty operas and oratorios, including the 1696 opera Dafni, as well as many other instrumental compositions and arias.-External links:...
's 1705 L'incoronazione di Dario (with the libretto revised by Andrea del Pò) and Vivaldi's 1717 L'incoronazione di Dario
L'incoronazione di Dario
L'incoronazione di Dario is a dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi with an Italian libretto by Adriano Morselli. The opera was first performed at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice on 23 January 1717.-Roles:-Recordings:...
(with the libretto revised by an unknown author).
Roles
- Dario, claimant to the throne of King CyrusCyrus the GreatCyrus II of Persia , commonly known as Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Under his rule, the empire embraced all the previous civilized states of the ancient Near East, expanded vastly and eventually conquered most of Southwest Asia and much...
(tenorTenorThe tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
) - Statira, daughter of King Cyrus (contraltoContraltoContralto is the deepest female classical singing voice, with the lowest tessitura, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. It typically ranges between the F below middle C to the second G above middle C , although at the extremes some voices can reach the E below middle C or the second B above...
) - Argene, daughter of King Cyrus (contralto)
- Flora (contralto)
- Alinda (sopranoSopranoA soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
) - Arpago, claimant to the throne of King Cyrus (soprano)
- Oronte, claimant to the throne of King Cyrus (soprano castratoCastratoA castrato is a man with a singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto voice produced either by castration of the singer before puberty or one who, because of an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity.Castration before puberty prevents a boy's...
) - Ombra di Ciro, the ghost of King Cyrus (tenor)
- Niceno, tutor to Statira and Argene (bassBass (voice type)A bass is a type of male singing voice and possesses the lowest vocal range of all voice types. According to The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, a bass is typically classified as having a range extending from around the second E below middle C to the E above middle C...
) - ApolloApolloApollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology...
(bass)
Sources
- Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "13 Gennaio 1686". Almanacco Amadeus. Accessed 31 May 2011
- Fantuzzi, Giovanni (1789). Notizie degli scrittori bolognesi, Volume 7. Stamperia di S. Tommaso d'Aquino, pp. 171-172
- Olschki, Leo S. (1979). Il teatro musicale di Antonio Vivaldi. Biblioteca degli Historiae Musicae Cultores, p. 101