Medonte, re di Epiro

For the opera by Josef Mysliveček, see Il Medonte.

Giuseppe Sarti

Operas Didone abbandonata (1762) Le gelosie villane (1776) Medonte, re di Epiro (1777) Giulio Sabino (1781) Fra i due litiganti il terzo gode (1782) See also: List of operas by Sarti

Medonte, re di Epiro ("Medonte, King of Epirus") is an opera seria in three acts by Giuseppe Sarti. The libretto was by Giovanni de Gamerra.

Performance history

It was first performed at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence on 8 September 1777. The opera was very successful in its time.

Role	Voice type	Premiere cast, September 8, 1777 (Conductor:Unknown)
Medonte, King of Epirus	tenor	Giacomo Panati
Selene, Princess of Argos in love with Arbace	soprano	Rosa Agostini Devizzi
Arbace, Prince of Dodone and a General of Epirus	soprano castrato	Giuseppe Aprile "Sciroletto"
Zelinda	soprano	Antonia Pacini
Evandro	tenor	Silvestro Fiamenghi
Talete	tenor	Francesco Casini Papi

Medonte, re di Epiro by Marita P McClymonds, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7