Tetide (Thetis) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of a serenata in two parts. The Italian-language libretto is by Giovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca. The opera premiered on 10 October 1760 at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna.
Roles CastVoice typePremiere castTetide (Thetis)sopranoCaterina GabrielliApollosoprano castratoGiovanni ManzoliMarte (Mars)tenorCarlo CarlaniImeneo (Hymen)soprano castratoAntonio PrioriPallade (Pallas Athena)sopranoMaria PicinelliVenere (Venus)sopranoTeresa GiacomazziChorus: Sea gods and goddesses
Sources Holden, Amanda The Viking Opera Guide (Viking, 1993), page 374. Gluck Gesamtausgabe Tetide