''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
Gänsemarkt
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opera
Hamburg
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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
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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
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Operas
1726 operas
Operas by Carl Heinrich Graun