Il Paride
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| Il Paride | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Giovanni Andrea Bontempi | |
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| Librettist | Giovanni Andrea Bontempi |
| Language | Italian |
| Premiere | 3 November 1662 |
Il Paride is an opera in five acts composed by Giovanni Andrea Bontempi who also wrote the libretto. The first Italian-language opera to be given in Dresden, it was first performed on 3 November 1662 at the Dresden Castle to celebrate the marriage of Erdmuthe Sophie von Sachsen, the daughter of John George II, Elector of Saxony, and Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.[1][2] The opera was revived on 21 June 2011 at the Potsdam Sanssouci Festival and on 24 August 2012 at the Tyrolean State Theatre as part of the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music.[3]
Recordings
[edit | edit source]- Il Paride – RAI Orchestra and Chorus, Carlo Franci (conductor). Recorded 24 November 1963, Rome. Label: Voce (LP)[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Buelow, George J. (2004). A History of Baroque Music, p. 242. Indiana University Press. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Timms, Colin (1992). Grove Dictionary of Opera, Vol. 1, p. 544 (reprinted by the Boston Public Library in notes to the original libretto)
- ^ Innsbruck Festival of Early Music (2012). Opera archive: Il Paride Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ OCLC 10396856
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Torresi, Riccardo (2007). "Una proposta scenografica per Il Paride di Giovanni Andrea Angelini Bontempi" in Esercizi Musica e Spettacolo 20, nuova serie 11, 2006-2007, pp. 7–32. Morlacchi Editore. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (in Italian)
