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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.eu/almanacco.php?Start=0&Giorno=26&Mese=12&Anno=1820&Giornata=&Testo=&Parola=Stringa "26 Dicembre 1820"]. Almanacco Amadeus, Retrieved 8 July 2013 {{it icon}}.</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 icon}}.</ref>
'''''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.eu/almanacco.php?Start=0&Giorno=26&Mese=12&Anno=1820&Giornata=&Testo=&Parola=Stringa "26 Dicembre 1820"]. Almanacco Amadeus, Retrieved 8 July 2013 {{it icon}}.</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 icon}}.</ref> The German premiere of the opera took place at the [[Staatstheater Braunschweig]] on 30 March 2008, 188 years after its first performance.


==Recordings==
==Recordings==

Revision as of 10:46, 21 March 2016

Template:Mayr operas 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

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

References

  1. ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005) "26 Dicembre 1820". Almanacco Amadeus, Retrieved 8 July 2013 Template:It icon.
  2. ^ Libretti d'Opera. Fedra (Giovanni Simone Mayr). Retrieved 8 July 2013 Template:It icon.
  3. ^ [1]