Egisto (opera)

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Operas by Francesco Cavalli
Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo (1639) Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne (1640) La Didone (1641) La virtù dei strali d'Amore (1642) Egisto (1643) L'Ormindo (1644) Doriclea (1645) Il Giasone (1649) Orimonte (1650) Oristeo (1651) La Calisto (1652) Eritrea (1652) Veremonda (1652) Rosinda (1653) Orione (1653) Ciro (1654) Xerse (1655) Statira principessa di Persia (1655) Erismena (1655) Artemisia (1657) Hipermestra (1658) Elena (1659) Ercole amante (1662) Scipione affricano (1664) Mutio Scevola (1665) Pompeo Magno (1666) Eliogabalo (1667)
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Egisto (Aegisthus) is an opera in a prologue and three acts by Francesco Cavalli. It was designated as a favola dramatica musicale. The Italian libretto was by Giovanni Faustina, his second text for Cavalli.

[edit] Performance history

It was first performed in Venice at the Teatro S Cassiano in 1643. Highly successful in its day, it was subsequently performed throughout Italy.

[edit] Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, 1643 (Conductor: - )
Lidio	alto
Egisto	tenor
Ipparco	tenor
Apollo	alto
Clori	soprano
Climene	soprano
Dema	alto
Voluptia (Voluptuousness)	soprano
Belezza (Beauty)	soprano
Amor (Cupid)	soprano
Semele	soprano
Didone	contralto
Fedra	soprano
Hero	soprano
Cinea	tenor
L'Aurora	soprano
La Notte	contralto
Venere	soprano

[edit] Sources

• Rosand, Ellen (1992), 'Egisto' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7