Erismena

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Erismena is a 17th-century opera by Italian composer Francesco Cavalli, known as one of the earliest operas to be translated into English and performed in Restoration England.

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instanceOf opera
centuryOfOrigin 17th century
composer Francesco Cavalli NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Italy
firstPerformanceDate 1655
firstPerformanceVenue Teatro Sant’Apollinare, Venice NERFINISHED
genre dramma per musica
opera
hasAriaType arioso
strophic arias
hasCharacter Alcesta NERFINISHED
Aldimira NERFINISHED
Argippo NERFINISHED
Clerio NERFINISHED
Clerio’s servant NERFINISHED
Diarte NERFINISHED
Erismena NERFINISHED
Flerida NERFINISHED
Idraspe NERFINISHED
Ormindo NERFINISHED
hasManuscript English-language score manuscript held in the United Kingdom
hasModernEdition critical edition prepared in the late 20th century
hasModernPerformance performed at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2017
revived in historically informed performances in the late 20th century
hasNumberType chorus
ensemble
recitative
hasTheme cross-dressing
disguise
love and jealousy
political intrigue
historicalContext Restoration England reception of Italian opera
influencedBy Monteverdian opera tradition
languageOfWork Italian
librettist Aurelio Aureli NERFINISHED
musicalPeriod Baroque
notableFor being one of the earliest operas performed in Restoration England
being one of the earliest operas translated into English
partOf 17th-century Venetian opera repertoire
placeOfFirstPerformance Venice NERFINISHED
relatedWork Giasone (opera by Cavalli) NERFINISHED
Ormindo (opera by Cavalli) NERFINISHED
setting a fictional kingdom in the East
structure prologue and three acts
style Venetian Baroque opera
translatedInto English
vocalForces solo voices and continuo with small Baroque orchestra
workBasedOn a chivalric romance tradition

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Francesco Cavalli notableWork Erismena