Eraclea ("Heraclea") is an opera (dramma per musica) composed by Leonardo Vinci on a libretto by Silvio Stampiglia.
It was first performed in Naples, at the Teatro San Bartolomeo on 1 October 1724.
The castrato Farinelli, then only 19 years old, sang one of his first roles in it.
Roles +RoleVoice typePremiere castEracleacontraltoVittoria Tesi, aka La MorettaFlavia Daughter of EracleasopranoAnna Maria Strada, aka La StradinaMarcello Roman consultenorFrancesco GuicciardiIrene Other daughter of EracleasopranoAnna GuglielminiDecio Capuan knightcontraltoDiana VicoDamiro Syracusan knightcastratoCarlo Broschi, aka FarinelliIliso Syracusan knightcontraltoCaterina L[...]
Recordings Io gelosa non sono... Il ruscelletto amante (Flavia, act I, sc.15) on Amate Stelle - Arias For Anna Maria Strada: Marie Lys (soprano), Abchordis Ensemble, Andrea Buccarella. Glossa, GCD923536, 2023. Aprirti il seno (Iliso, act II, sc.4) on Leonardo Vinci: Alto Arias: Filippo Mineccia (alto) & Francesca Cassinari (soprano), Stile galante, Stefano Aresi. Pan Classics, PC10297, 2014. In questa mia tempesta on Leonardo Vinci: Alto Arias: Filippo Mineccia (alto) & Francesca Cassinari (soprano), Stile galante, Stefano Aresi. Pan Classics, PC10297, 2014.
and on Max Emanuel Cencic: Arie Napoletane: Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor), Il Pomo D'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev. Decca, 2015.
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