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'''''Fedra''''' is an opera (''melodramma serio'') in two acts composed by [[Simon Mayr]] to an Italian-language [[libretto]] by [[Luigi Romanelli]] based on [[Jean Racine|Racine]]'s play ''[[Phèdre]]''. It premiered on 26 December 1820 at [[La Scala]] in Milan with [[Teresa Belloc-Giorgi]] in the title role.<ref>Casaglia, Gherardo (2005) [http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco.php?Start=0&Giorno=26&Mese=12&Anno=1820&Giornata=&Testo=&Parola=Stringa "26 Dicembre 1820"]. Almanacco Amadeus, Retrieved 8 July 2013 {{it}}.</ref><ref>Libretti d'Opera. [http://www.librettodopera.it/librettodopera/testo.jsp?numero=7260&tipo=i ''Fedra'' (Giovanni Simone Mayr)]. Retrieved 8 July 2013 {{it}}.</ref>
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'''''Fedra''''' is an opera (''melodramma serio'') in two acts composed by [[Simon Mayr]] to an Italian-language [[libretto]] by [[Luigi Romanelli]] based on [[Jean Racine|Racine]]'s play ''[[Phèdre]]''.

It premiered on 26 December 1820 at [[La Scala]] in Milan with [[Teresa Belloc-Giorgi]] in the title role.<ref>{{Almanacco|dmy=26-12-1820|match=Fedra}}</ref><ref>[http://www.librettodopera.it/id/7684 ''Fedra'' (Giovanni Simone Mayr)], Libretti d'Opera. Retrieved 12 August 2020 {{in lang|it}}.</ref> The German premiere of the opera took place at the [[Staatstheater Braunschweig]] on 30 March 2008, 188 years after its first performance.

==Recordings==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Cast
!Conductor,<br/>Opera house and orchestra
!Label
|-
| 2008 || Capucine Chiaudani,<br/>Tomasz Zagorski,<br/>Rebecca Nelsen,<br/>Dae-Bum Lee,<br/>Hyo-Jin Shin,<br/>Jorn Lindemann||[[Gerd Schaller]],<br/>Chorus of the [[Staatstheater Braunschweig]], [[Staatsorchester Braunschweig]] || CD: [[Oehms Classics]]<br/>OC 920<ref>[https://www.oehmsclassics.de/artikel.aspx?voeid=2767 ''Fedra''], Oehms Classics</ref><ref>[http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2009/Mar09/Mayr_OC920.htm Review: ''Fedra''], MusicWeb International</ref>
|-
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/resolve/display/bsb10579138.html Complete libretto] (published in Milan 1821; digitised by the [[Bavarian State Library]])
* [https://digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb10579138 Complete libretto] (published in Milan 1821; digitised by the [[Bavarian State Library]])
* [http://corago.unibo.it/opera/0000096948 Work details], Corago, [[University of Bologna]]

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Latest revision as of 23:04, 15 August 2024

Fedra is an opera (melodramma serio) in two acts composed by Simon Mayr to an Italian-language libretto by Luigi Romanelli based on Racine's play Phèdre.

It premiered on 26 December 1820 at La Scala in Milan with Teresa Belloc-Giorgi in the title role.[1][2] The German premiere of the opera took place at the Staatstheater Braunschweig on 30 March 2008, 188 years after its first performance.

Recordings

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Year Cast Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label
2008 Capucine Chiaudani,
Tomasz Zagorski,
Rebecca Nelsen,
Dae-Bum Lee,
Hyo-Jin Shin,
Jorn Lindemann
Gerd Schaller,
Chorus of the Staatstheater Braunschweig, Staatsorchester Braunschweig
CD: Oehms Classics
OC 920[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Fedra, 26 December 1820". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  2. ^ Fedra (Giovanni Simone Mayr), Libretti d'Opera. Retrieved 12 August 2020 (in Italian).
  3. ^ Fedra, Oehms Classics
  4. ^ Review: Fedra, MusicWeb International
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