I Cherusci

I Cherusci is a dramma per musica in 2 acts by Simon Mayr to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi. It was first performed at the Teatro Argentina, Rome, for Carnival 1808.[1][2]

Cast
  • Treuta, tenor - popular leader of the Marcomanni people
  • Tusnelda, soprano - Treuta's slave, a Cheruscan, but due to be sacrificed by the druids
  • Tamaro, soprano - enemy leader of the Cherusci and bards
  • Zarasto, bass - high priest of the druids
  • Ercilda, soprano - allied with Treuta
  • Carilo, tenor - leader of the Sarronides, allied with Treuta
  • Dunclamo, tenor - adoptive father of Tusnelda, who later discovers that Treuta is Tusnelda's father
  • Araldo, tenor

Recording
  • I Cherusci Bayerische Staatsoper, Franz Hauk. Naxos 2CD 2019
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References
  1. John Allitt -J. S. Mayr: Father of 19th Century Italian Music 1989 p.179 "I CHERUSCI. Dramma per musica in 2 acts; libretto by Gaetano Rossi. Rome, Teatro Argentina, Carnival 1808."
  2. (pdf)
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