Semiramide riconosciuta
Semiramide riconosciuta (Semiramis recognized or revealed) is an opera libretto by Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782), written in 1729. It is for opera seria, and accordingly consists of recitatives and da capo arias. It tells a story of the legendary Semiramis, wife of the Biblical Nimrod.
Characters
The voice types and character descriptions are taken from the text set to music in 1729 by Leonardo Vinci:[1]
- Semiramide (soprano), Assyrian queen, in masculine dress under the name Nimrod; in love with Scitalce, who had previously known her in Egypt under the name Idreno
- Mirteo (soprano), Egyptian prince, brother of Semiramis (though he does not know this), in love with Tamiri
- Ircano (contralto), Scythian prince, in love with Tamiri
- Scitalce (contralto), Indian prince, in love with Semiramide
- Tamiri (soprano), Bactrian princess, in love with Scitalce
- Sibari (tenor), confidante of and secretly in love with Semiramide
Operas
The libretto has been used as the text for operas by several composers, including:
- Semiramide riconosciuta by Leonardo Vinci, premiered 6 February 1729
- Semiramide riconosciuta by Nicola Porpora, premiered 26 December 1729
- Semiramide riconosciuta by Niccolò Jommelli, premiered 1741
- Semiramide riconosciuta by Giovanni Battista Lampugnani, premiered 1741
- Semiramide riconosciuta by Johann Adolph Hasse, premiered 26 December 1744
- La Semiramide riconosciuta by Domènec Terradellas, premiered 1746
- La Semiramide riconosciuta by Christoph Willibald Gluck, premiered 1748
- La Semiramide riconosciuta by Baldassare Galuppi, premiered 1749
- La Semiramide riconosciuta by Giovanni Marco Rutini, premiered 1752
- Semiramide riconosciuta by Gioacchino Cocchi, premiered 1753
- Semiramide riconosciuta by Andrea Bernasconi, premiered 1765
- Semiramide by Antonio Salieri, premiered 1782
- Semiramide riconosciuta by Giacomo Meyerbeer, premiered 1819
References
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- "Semiramide riconosciuta". librettidopera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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