Il re pastore (The Shepherd King) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of a dramma per musica in three acts. The Italian-language libretto is by Pietro Metastasio. The opera premiered on 8 December 1756 at the Burgtheater, Vienna.
Roles
edit| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Alessandro, King of Macedonia | tenor | Pietro Mezzo |
| Aminta, a shepherd, rightful heir to Sidon | soprano castrato | Ferdinando Mazzanti |
| Elisa, a noble nymph of Phoenicia, of the family of Cadmus | soprano | Catarina Gabrielli |
| Tamiri, a fugitive princess, daughter of the deposed tyrant Stratone | soprano | Francesca Gabrielli |
| Agenore, a Sidonian nobleman | soprano castrato | Paolo Bareggi |
Sources
edit- Holden, Amanda The Viking Opera Guide (Viking, 1993), page 373.
- Gluck Gesamtausgabe Il re pastore
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