Ipermestra (Hypermnestra) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of an opera seria in three acts. The Italian-language libretto is by Pietro Metastasio. The opera premiered on 21 November 1744 at the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo in Venice. Ipermestra is the first of Gluck's operas to survive complete.
Roles RoleVoice typePremiere cast, 21 November 1744DanaotenorOttavio AlbuzioIpermestracontraltoVittoria Tesi-TramontiniLinceosoprano castratoLorenzo GhirardiElpinice contraltoGirolama GiacomettiPlestene sopranoRosalia AndreidesAdrasto soprano castratoGiuseppe Perini
References The Viking Opera Guide, ed. Amanda Holden (Viking, 1993), p. 371. Alfred Wotquenne Catalogue thématique des œuvres de Chr. W. v. Gluck (Georg Olms Verlag, 1967)