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Ipermestra

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Ipermestra

Opera by Christoph Willibald von Gluck (libretto by Pietro Metastasio), first produced at the Teatro San Giovanni Cristostomo, Venice, Italy, on 21 November 1744. Warned by an oracle, King Danaus orders his daughter to kill her betrothed, Lynceus, on their wedding night. She cannot do it, and instead separates from him. After complications, there is a happy ending.
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Ipermestra (Venedig 1744): Dramma per musica in drei Akten von Pietro Metastasio.
Christoph Willibald Gluck by TERMINI, OLGA / Notes
We learn, for example, of the renowned Vittoria Tesi, who four years earlier had sung the title role in Gluck's Ipermestra, and at the age of forty-seven used her spectacular performance in the title role of Semiramide riconosciuta to establish a second career in Vienna.
La Semiramide riconosciuta. Dramma per musica in drei Akten von ... by Heller, Wendy / Notes
Hipermestra and Hyperraestra have cross-references to Ipermestra (same vol.
I libretti italiani a stampa dalle origini al 1800: catalogo ... by Selfridge-Field, Eleanor / Notes
 
 
 
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