''Didone abbandonata'' is a 1742 opera by

Johann Adolph Hasse Johann Adolph Hasse (baptised 25 March 1699 – 16 December 1783) was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a co ...

setting the libretto ''

Didone abbandonata ''Didone abbandonata'' is an opera libretto in three acts by Pietro Metastasio. It was his first original work and was set to music by Domenico Sarro in 1724. The opera was accompanied by the intermezzo '' L'impresario delle Isole Canarie'', also ...

'' by

Metastasio Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (3 January 1698 – 12 April 1782), better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio (), was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of ''opera seria'' libretti. Early life Me ...

. It was first performed at

Hubertusburg Hubertusburg is a Rococo palace in Saxony, Germany. It was built from 1721 onwards at the behest of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, and after his death served as a residence of his son Augustus III. The 'Saxon Versailles ...

palace, near Dresden.Paul Corneilson ''J.C. Bach'' 1351561871 2017 Hasse's 'Didone abbandonata' was first performed at Hubertusburg, near Dresden, in 1742 and frequently revived.

Recording

*Theresa Holzhauser (Didone), Flavio Ferri-Benedetti (Enea),

Valer Barna-Sabadus Valer Barna-Săbăduș (born 15 January 1986), also Valer Sabadus, is a Romanian-German countertenor. He sings in both the alto and soprano range. Life Barna-Sabadus was born in Arad (Romania), near the Hungarian border. He is the child of ...

(Iarba),

Magdalena Hinterdobler Magdalena Hinterdobler (born 1986) is a German operatic soprano, based at the Oper Frankfurt, where she has performed leading roles including Eva in Wagner's ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'', Elisabetta in Verdi's ''Don Carlo'' and Grete in ...

(Selene), Maria Celeng (Araspe) & Andreas Burkhart (Osmida), Hofkapelle München,

Michael Hofstetter Michael Hofstetter (born 6 September 1961) is a German conductor and academic. He was chief conductor of the festival Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele from 2005 to 2012, and has been Generalmusikdirektor of Gießen since. He has worked internationa ...

, 3CD Naxos 2013

References

{{Aeneid Italian-language operas 1742 operas Operas Operas by Johann Adolf Hasse Operas based on the Aeneid