Ifigenia in Tauride (Jommelli)

Ifigenia in Tauride is an opera (opera seria) in three acts by Niccolò Jommelli set to a libretto by the Mannheim court poet Mattia Verazi.[2] It premiered on 30 May 1771 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples to celebrate the name day of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies. The story is based on Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides.

Roles

Roles, voice type, premiere cast
Role Voice type Premiere cast, 30 May 1771[3]
Ifigenia, priestess of DianasopranoMaria Anna de Amicis-Buonsollazzi
Oreste, Ifigenia's brothersoprano castratoGaspare Pacchierotti
Toante, King of TauristenorArcangelo Cortoni
Pilade, Oreste's friendsoprano castratoTommaso Galeazzi
Tomiri, hereditary princess of TaurissopranoTeresa Mignoni
Merodate, king of Sarmaticontralto castratoPietro Santi
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References

  1. Cassaro, James P. (September 1998). "Review: Gian Francesco de Majo: Ifigenia in Tauride by Paul Cornelison". Notes. 55 (1): 203–206. doi:10.2307/900398. JSTOR 900398.
  2. Verazi's libretto had previously been used for Gian Francesco de Majo's opera of the same name which premiered in Mannheim in 1764.[1]
  3. Casaglia, Gherardo (2005)."Ifigenia in Tauride, 30 May 1771". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
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