Fedra (Mayr)
Opera by Simon Mayr
Fedra is an opera (melodramma serio) in two acts composed by Simon Mayr to an Italian-language libretto by Luigi Romanelli based on Racine's play Phèdre.
It premiered on 26 December 1820 at La Scala in Milan with Teresa Belloc-Giorgi in the title role.[1][2] The German premiere of the opera took place at the Staatstheater Braunschweig on 30 March 2008, 188 years after its first performance.
Recordings
Year | Cast | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
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2008 | Capucine Chiaudani, Tomasz Zagorski, Rebecca Nelsen, Dae-Bum Lee, Hyo-Jin Shin, Jorn Lindemann | Gerd Schaller, Chorus of the Staatstheater Braunschweig, Staatsorchester Braunschweig | CD: Oehms Classics OC 920[3][4] |
References
External links
- Complete libretto (published in Milan 1821; digitised by the Bavarian State Library)
- Work details, Corago, University of Bologna
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