''Polydorus'' is an opera by

Carl Heinrich Graun Carl Heinrich Graun (7 May 1704 – 8 August 1759) was a German composer and tenor. Along with Johann Adolph Hasse, he is considered to be the most important German composer of Italian opera of his time. Biography Graun was born in Wahrenbrüc ...

to a libretto by Johann Samuel Müller, premiered 1726, later performed 1735 at the

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opera

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. It was Graun's first opera and met with great success. Hasse und die Brüder Graun als Symphoniker Carl Mennicke · 1906 p454

Cast

Ilione In Greek mythology, Ilione or Iliona () was a Trojan princess who later became a queen of Thrace. She is briefly mentioned in Virgil's ''Aeneid'': Aeneas gives her scepter to Dido. Family In the ''Fabulae'' by Hyginus, Ilione is listed among th ...

soprano *

Andromache In Greek mythology, Andromache (; , ) was the wife of Hector, daughter of Eetion, and sister to Podes. She was born and raised in the city of Cilician Thebe, over which her father ruled. The name means "man battler", "fighter of men" or "m ...

soprano *

Polydorus In Greek mythology, Polydorus (; , i.e. "many-gift d) or Polydoros referred to several different people. *Polydorus, son of Phineus and Cleopatra, and brother of Polydector (Polydectus). These two sons by his first wife were blinded by Phineus be ...

alto

Recordings

*complete - Hanna Zumsande, Santa Karnite, Alon Harari, Mirko Ludwig, Fabian Kuhnen, barockwerk hamburg, Ira Hochman 2CD CPO recorded 2018 released 2020

References

{{Carl Heinrich Graun Operas 1726 operas Operas by Carl Heinrich Graun