''Fedra'' is an opera (''melodramma serio'') in two acts composed by
Simon Mayr
Johann(es) Simon Mayr (also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier), also known in Italian as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr (14 June 1763 – 2 December 1845), was a German composer. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the R ...
to an Italian-language
libretto
A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to th ...
by
Luigi Romanelli based on
Racine's play ''
Phèdre
''Phèdre'' (; originally ''Phèdre et Hippolyte'') is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.
Composition and premiere
With ...
''.
It premiered on 26 December 1820 at
La Scala
La Scala (, , ; officially , ) is a historic opera house in Milan, Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as (, which previously was Santa Maria della Scala, Milan, a church). The premiere performa ...
in Milan with
Teresa Belloc-Giorgi
Maria Teresa Belloc-Giorgi (Bellochi; Giorgi-Belloc; née Maria Teresa Ottavia Faustina Trombetta) (2 July 1784 – 13 May 1855) was an Italian contralto.
Life and career
Maria Teresa Trombetta was born in San Benigno Canavese, and made her dà ...
in the title role.
''Fedra'' (Giovanni Simone Mayr)
Libretti d'Opera. Retrieved 12 August 2020 . The German premiere of the opera took place at the Staatstheater Braunschweig
The is a theatre company and opera house in Braunschweig, Germany, presenting and producing music theatre (opera, operetta, musical), Tanztheater, theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences and concerts.
The is owned by the State of Lower Saxony.
...
on 30 March 2008, 188 years after its first performance.
Recordings
References
External links
Complete libretto
(published in Milan 1821; digitised by the Bavarian State Library
The Bavarian State Library (, abbreviated BSB, called ''Bibliotheca Regia Monacensis'' before 1919) in Munich is the central " Landesbibliothek", i. e. the state library of the Free State of Bavaria, the biggest universal and research libra ...
)
Work details
Corago, University of Bologna
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Operas by Simon Mayr
Italian-language operas
1820 operas
Operas
Operas based on works by Jean Racine
Phaedra (mythology)
Works based on Phèdre
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