Ifigenia in Tauride (Jommelli)
Ifigenia in Tauride is an opera (opera seria) in three acts by Niccolò Jommelli set to a libretto by the Mannheim court poet Mattia Verazi.[1] It premiered on 30 May 1771 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples to celebrate the name day of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies. The story is based on Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides.
Roles
Role |
Voice type |
Premiere cast 30 May 1771 |
Ifigenia, priestess of Diana | soprano | Maria Anna Lucia De Amicis-Buonsollazzi |
Diana | soprano | Teresa Mignoni |
Oreste, Ifigenia's brother | soprano castrato | Gaspare Pacchierotti |
Toante, King of Tauris | soprano castrato | Tommaso Galeazzi |
Ministro del tempio, minister of Diana's temple | contralto castrato | Pietro Santi |
Pilade, Oreste's friend | tenor | Arcangelo Cortoni |
Notes and references
- ↑ Verazi's libretto had previously been used for Gian Francesco de Majo's ballet of the same name which premiered in Mannheim in 1764.
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