Ipermestra (Hypermnestra) is an
opera by the
composer
Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of an
opera seria in three acts. The Italian-language
libretto is by
Pietro Metastasio. The opera premiered on 21 November 1744 at the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo in
Venice. Ipermestra is the first of Gluck's operas to survive complete.
Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 21 November 1744 |
---|---|---|
Danao | tenor | Ottavio Albuzio |
Ipermestra | contralto | Vittoria Tesi-Tramontini |
Linceo | soprano castrato | Lorenzo Ghirardi |
Elpinice | contralto | Girolama Giacometti |
Plestene | soprano | Rosalia Andreides |
Adrasto | soprano castrato | Giuseppe Perini |
Ipermestra (Hypermnestra) is an
opera by the
composer
Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of an
opera seria in three acts. The Italian-language
libretto is by
Pietro Metastasio. The opera premiered on 21 November 1744 at the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo in
Venice. Ipermestra is the first of Gluck's operas to survive complete.
Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 21 November 1744 |
---|---|---|
Danao | tenor | Ottavio Albuzio |
Ipermestra | contralto | Vittoria Tesi-Tramontini |
Linceo | soprano castrato | Lorenzo Ghirardi |
Elpinice | contralto | Girolama Giacometti |
Plestene | soprano | Rosalia Andreides |
Adrasto | soprano castrato | Giuseppe Perini |