''Hipermestra'' is an opera in a prologue and 3 acts by

Francesco Cavalli Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque music, Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverd ...

- more specifically, it is a ''

festa teatrale The term ''festa teatrale'' (Italian: , plural: ''feste teatrali'' ) refers to a genre of drama, and of opera in particular. The genre cannot be rigidly defined, and in any case ''feste teatrali'' tend to be split into two different sets: ''feste ...

''. The opera was set to a libretto by G. A. Moniglia, and was first performed at Florence on 12 June 1658. The plot is based upon the ancient tale of Hypermnestra, a story that also later served as a basis for a well-known libretto ''

Ipermestra ''Ipermestra'' is an opera libretto by Pietro Metastasio first set by Johann Adolph Hasse 8 January 1744, and in the November of the same year by Christoff Willibald Gluck. Plot The story is based on that of Hypermnestra (Ὑπερμνήστρα) i ...

'' by Metastasio. It was staged several times up to 1680.

Modern performances

The opera was revived by the Early Music festival in Utrecht in 2006 by La Sfera Armoniosa under Mike Fentross. A modern production staged by Graham Vick and conducted by William Christie took place at Glyndebourne in 2017 .

Roles

Recordings

*L'Ipermestra La Sfera Armoniosa & Mike Fentross Utrecht Early Music Festival 2006 *Glyndebourne 2017.

References

* Operas Operas by Francesco Cavalli 1658 operas {{Italian-opera-stub