Telemaco
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Le cinesi (1754) |
Telemaco, ossia L'isola di Circe (Telemachus, or Circe's Island) is an operatic dramma per musica in two acts by Christoph Willibald Gluck. The Italian libretto was written by Marco Coltellini after Carlo Sigismondo Capece.
The opera was written for the wedding of the Emperor (to be) Joseph II and Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria.
[edit] Performance history
The first performance was at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 30 January 1765.
[edit] Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, January 30, 1765 (Conductor: - ) |
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| Ulysses | tenor | |
| Circe | soprano | |
| Telemachus | alto castrato | |
| Asteria | soprano | |
| Meriones | soprano |
[edit] References
- Hayes, Jeremy: Telemaco in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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