''Didone abbandonata'' is a setting by
Leonardo Vinci of 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 first set to music by
Domenico Sarro
Domenico Natale Sarro, also Sarri (24 December 1679 – 25 January 1744) was an Italian composer.
Born in Trani, Apulia, he studied at the Neapolitan conservatory of S. Onofrio. He composed extensively in the early 18th century. His opera ''Didon ...
in 1724. It was premiered at the
Teatro delle Dame for the 1726 Carnival season in Rome.
[ Reinhard Strohm ''Essays on Handel and Italian Opera'' 2008-p 213 0521088356 - Vinci's Didone abbandonata (Rome 1726) : LEONARDO VINCI (1696-1730) had enormous success as an opera- composer during his life, and posterity has, for once, confirmed rather than denied this success. "]
Recording
*Roberta Mameli (Didone), Carlo Allemano (Enea), Raffaele Pé (Iarba), Gabriella Costa (Selene), Marta Pluda (Araspe), Giada Frasconi (Osmida), Alessandra Artifoni (harpsichord), Giovanni Bellini (theorbo) Orchestra del
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino,
Carlo Ipata DVD
Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Teatro may refer to:
* Theatre
* Teatro (band)
Teatro, Italian for "theatre", is a vocal group signed to the Sony BMG music label. The members of Teatro are Jeremiah James, Andrew Alexander, Simon Bailey and Stephen Rahman-Hughes.
Band member ...
Dynamic 2017
References
{{Aeneid
Italian-language operas
1726 operas
Operas
Operas by Leonardo Vinci
Operas based on the Aeneid