''Arminio'' or ''Chi la Dura la Vince'' is an

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

(" Dramma musicale") – and the earliest extant opera composed in

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– in three acts about the Germanic military hero

Arminius Arminius ( 18/17 BC – 21 AD) was a chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe who is best known for commanding an alliance of Germanic tribes at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, in which three Roman legions under the command of ge ...

, and the only surviving opera composed by

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber ( bapt. 12 August 1644, Stráž pod Ralskem – 3 May 1704, Salzburg) was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist. Biber worked in Graz and Kroměříž before he illegally left his employer, Prince-Bishop Karl L ...

, composed ca. 1690–1692 with an Italian libretto probably by Francesco Maria Raffaelini. The manuscript score is kept in the Carolino Augusteum of Salzburg.

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*Place and Time:

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during the reign of emperor

Tiberius Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was the second Roman emperor. He reigned from AD 14 until 37, succeeding his stepfather, the first Roman emperor Augustus. Tiberius was born in Rome in 42 BC. His father ...

. The opera is about the story of the wife of Arminius, Thusnelda (Segesta) who becomes prisoner of Germanicus.

Recordings

H.I.F. Biber: ''Arminio'', Salzburger Hofmusik, Il Dolcimelo. *Conductor: Wolfgang Brunner *Singers:

Gotthold Schwarz Gotthold Schwarz (born 2 May 1952 in Zwickau) is a German Bass-baritone and conductor. Based in Leipzig, he started as a member of the Thomanerchor and has conducted the Gewandhausorchester. Between 2016 and 2021, he was the 17th Thomaskantor af ...

Bernhard Landauer Bernhard Landauer (born 20 July 1970) is an Austrian countertenor in opera and concert, who is active internationally in both historically informed performance and contemporary music. Life and career Bernhard Landauer was born in Innsbruck. H ...

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/ Regina Schwarzer / Otto Rastbichler / Hermann Oswald /

Barbara Schlick Barbara Schlick (born 21 July 1943, Würzburg) is a German soprano who is particularly admired for interpretations of the concert literature of the baroque era. Career Schlick studied singing under at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg and in E ...

Gerd Türk Gerd Türk is a German classical tenor. Biography Gerd Türk received his first musical training as a choir boy at the cathedral of Limburg. He studied in Frankfurt and then at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Richard Levitt and René Jaco ...

/ Xenia Meijer / Florian Mehltretter / Gerd Kenda /

Markus Forster Markus Forster is a classical singer of the voice types altus and countertenor, especially in Early music and Baroque music. Born in Innsbruck, Forster studied at the Mozarteum, where he graduated with the concert exam in 1995. He recorded s ...

*Recording date: April 1994 *Label: CPO

References

* Piero Gelli, Filippo Poletti: Dizionario Dell'opera 2008, Dalai editore, 2007 1692 operas Operas by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Italian-language operas Operas Operas set in antiquity Operas based on real people Operas set in Germany Operas set in Italy German patriotic songs Cultural depictions of Arminius Cultural depictions of Caligula Cultural depictions of Tiberius Cultural depictions of Nero Songs about military officers {{Italian-opera-stub

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