Didone abbandonata is an 1823 opera in two acts by Saverio Mercadante to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola after Metastasio's Didone abbandonata.Karyl Charna Lynn, Italian Opera Houses and Festivals It was first performed on 18 January 1823 at the Teatro Regio in Turin.
Role Voice type Premiere cast, 18 January 1823Conductors: (1st violin)and (harpsichord) Didone, Queen of Carthage soprano Carolina Neri Passerini Enea, in love with Dido contralto en travesti Fanny Eckerlin Jarba, under the name Arbace, King of the Moors tenor Nicola Tacchinardi Osmida, Didone's confidant bass Raffaele Benetti Araspe, Jarba's confidant, secretly in love with Selene tenor Pietro Gentili Selene, Sidone's sister, secretly in love with Enea soprano Gioconda Vitali
Role Voice type Premiere (in modern times), 18 August 2018Conductors: Alessandro de Marchi (Conductor) Didone, Queen of Carthage soprano Viktorija Miskunaite Enea, in love with Dido contralto en travesti Katrin Wundsam Jarba, under the name Arbace, King of the Moors tenor Carlo Allemano Osmida, Didone's confidant bass Pietro Di Bianco Araspe, Jarba's confidant, secretly in love with Selene tenor Diego Godoy Selene, Sidone's sister, secretly in love with Enea soprano Emilie Renard
Recording Didone abbandonata – Viktorija Miskunaite, Katrin Wundsam, Carlo Allemano, Emilie Renard, Diego Godoy, Pietro di Bianco, Coro Maghini, Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi DVD, Naxos, 2018
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Work details, Corago, University of Bologna (in Italian) Libretto, 1823