Hipermestra

Francesco Cavalli

Operas Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo (1639) Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne (1640) La Didone (1641) La virtù dei strali d'Amore (1642) Egisto (1643) L'Ormindo (1644) Doriclea (1645) Il Giasone (1649) Orimonte (1650) Oristeo (1651) La Calisto (1652) Eritrea (1652) Veremonda (1652) Rosinda (1653) Orione (1653) Ciro (1654) Xerse (1655) Statira principessa di Persia (1655) Erismena (1655) Artemisia (1657) Hipermestra (1658) Elena (1659) Ercole amante (1662) Scipione affricano (1664) Mutio Scevola (1665) Pompeo Magno (1666) Eliogabalo (1667)

Hipermestra is an opera in a prologue and 3 acts by Francesco Cavalli - more specifically, it is a festa teatrale. 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 later served as a basis for a well-known libretto by Metastasio.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, June 12, 1658 (Conductor: - )
Alindo	soprano
Amore	soprano
Arbante	tenor
Arsace	tenor
Berenice	contralto
Danao	bass
Delmiro	contralto
Discordia	contralto
Elisa	soprano
Gelosia	tenor
Giove	baritone
Giunone	soprano
Hipermestra	soprano
Linceo	soprano
Vafrino	soprano
Venere	soprano
Vulcano	baritone

References

Sources

Walker,Thomas and Irene Alm. "Francesco Cavalli: Works". In Macy, Laura. Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. (subscription required)

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