La grotta di Trofonio
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La grotta di Trofonio (Trofonio's Cave) is an opera, described as an opera comica, in two acts composed by Antonio Salieri to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Battista Casti.
The work was first performed in Vienna, Austria at the Burgtheater on October 12, 1785. [1] The work may have influenced Lorenzo da Ponte when he wrote the libretto of Mozart's Così fan tutte.[2]
[edit] Roles
| Role | Voice | Premiere October 12, 1785[3] |
Revived version March 14, 2005[4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aristone, | bass | Francesco Bussani | Olivier Lallouette |
| Artemidoro | tenor | Vincenzo Calvesi | Nikolaï Schukoff |
| Dori | soprano | Celeste Coltellini | Marie Arnet |
| Ofelia | soprano | Nancy Storace | Raffaella Milanesi |
| Plistene, | tenor | Stefano Mandini | Mario Cassi |
| Trofonio, | bass | Francesco Benucci | Carlo Lepore |
[edit] References
- ^ Opera Manager - Opera: Antonio Salieri Grotta di Trofonio, La
- ^ Salieri: La Grotta di Trofonio, Lallouette/Lausanne Opera Chorus/ Les Talens Lyriques/ Rousset | | Guardian Unlimited Arts
- ^ Vol7.indd
- ^ Salieri - La Grotta di Trofonio - Rousset - Talens Lyriques
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