Ormindo

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Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo (1639)
Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne (1640)
La Didone (1641)
La virtù dei strali d'Amore (1642)
Egisto (1643)
L'Ormindo (1644)
Doriclea (1645)
Il Giasone (1649)
Orimonte (1650)
Oristeo (1651)
La Calisto (1652)
Eritrea (1652)
Veremonda (1652)
Rosinda (1653)
Orione (1653)
Ciro (1654)
Xerse (1655)
Statira principessa di Persia (1655)
Erismena (1655)
Artemisia (1657)
Hipermestra (1658)
Elena (1659)
Ercole amante (1662)
Scipione affricano (1664)
Mutio Scevola (1665)
Pompeo Magno (1666)
Eliogabalo (1667)

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Ormindo (L'Ormindo) is an opera in two acts by Francesco Cavalli to an original Italian libretto by Giovanni Faustini.

The opera has set numbers with recitative, and is set in the city of Fez in North Africa during an unspecified time.

[edit] Performance history

Ormindo was first performed at the Teatro San Cassiano, Venice, 1644. It is now rarely staged. A recent performance was by the Pittsburgh Opera in February, 2007, conducted by Bernard McDonald and directed by Chas Rader-Shieber.

[edit] Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, 1644 (Conductor: - )
Amida	tenor
Amore	soprano
Erice	tenor
Erisbe	soprano
Hariadeno	bass
Il Destino	tenor
L'Armonia	soprano
La Fortuna	mezzo soprano
Melide	soprano
Mirinda	soprano
Nerillo	mezzo soprano
Ormindo	alto
Osman	tenor
Sicle	soprano
Messo	mezzo soprano