Arminio (Biber)
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Arminio'' or ''Chi la Dura la Vince'' is an
opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...
(" Dramma musicale") – and the earliest extant opera composed in
Salzburg Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Austrian Alps, Alps moun ...
– in three acts about the Germanic military hero
Arminius Arminius (; 18/17 BC–AD 21) was a chieftain of the Germanic peoples, Germanic Cherusci tribe who is best known for commanding an alliance of Germanic tribes at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9, in which three Roman legions under th ...
, and the only surviving opera composed by
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber correctly ''Biber von Bibern'' ( bapt. 12 August 1644, Stráž pod Ralskem – 3 May 1704, Salzburg) was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist. Biber worked in Graz and Kroměříž before he illegally left ...
, composed ca. 1690–1692 with an Italian libretto probably by Francesco Maria Raffaelini. The manuscript score is kept in the Carolino Augusteum of Salzburg.


Roles


Synopsis

*Place and Time:
Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
during the reign of emperor
Tiberius Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus ( ; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was Roman emperor from AD 14 until 37. He succeeded his stepfather Augustus, the first Roman emperor. Tiberius was born in Rome in 42 BC to Roman politician Tiberius Cl ...
. The opera is about the story of the wife of Arminius, Thusnelda (Segesta) who becomes prisoner of Germanicus.


Recordings

H.I.F. Biber: ''Arminio'', Salzburger Hofmusik, Il Dolcimelo. *Conductor: Wolfgang Brunner *Singers: Gotthold Schwarz / Bernhard Landauer / Irena Troupova / Regina Schwarzer / Otto Rastbichler / Hermann Oswald / Barbara Schlick / Gerd Türk / Xenia Meijer / Florian Mehltretter / Gerd Kenda / Markus Forster *Recording date: April 1994 *Label: CPO


See also

* Arminius (Bruch) * Arminio * Hermann und Thusnelda


References

* Piero Gelli, Filippo Poletti: Dizionario Dell'opera 2008, Dalai editore, 2007 1692 operas Operas by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Italian-language operas Operas Operas set in antiquity Operas based on real people Operas set in Germany Operas set in Italy German patriotic songs Cultural depictions of Arminius Cultural depictions of Caligula Cultural depictions of Tiberius Cultural depictions of Nero Songs about military officers {{Italian-opera-stub