''Demetrio, Re di Siria'' is an 1823 Italian language opera by Mayr, staged in Turin. It was Mayr's last opera, followed only by the Oratorio ''Gioas'' in 1824. The libretto is a revision of

Metastasio Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (3 January 1698 – 12 April 1782), better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio (), was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of '' opera seria'' libretti. Early life M ...

's 1732 libretto originally set by Hasse.

Recordings

* ''Demetrio, Re di Siria'', Amaya Domínguez - mezzo-soprano (Alceste/Demetrio), Bénédicte Tauran soprano (Cleonice), Piotr Friebe (Olinto), Elizabeth Bailey (Barsene), Lisandro Abadie (Fenicio), Matteo Mezzaro (Mitrane). Orchestre Symphonique du Jura, Opera Obliqua Stand de Moutier, Facundo Agudin. 2 CDs without libretto. Oehms 2013.Archivmusic review
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References

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