La corona (Gluck)

La corona (The Crown) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of an azione teatrale in one act. The Italian-language libretto is by Pietro Metastasio. The opera was intended to celebrate the name day of Emperor Francis I on 4 October 1765 but the emperor died in August and it remained unperformed until the 20th century.

Roles

Cast Voice type Cast of the cancelled premiere
Atalanta soprano Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria
Meleagro (Meleager) soprano Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria
Climene soprano Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria
Asteria soprano Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria

Recordings

  • La corona Bavarian Radio Chorus, Warsaw Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Tomasz Bugaj (Orfeo, 1988)
  • La corona The Queen's Chamber Band, conducted by Rudolph Palmer (Albany Records, 2005)

Sources

  • Holden, Amanda The Viking Opera Guide (Viking, 1993), page 378.
  • Gluck Gesamtausgabe La corona


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