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''Didone abbandonata '' (''Dido Abandoned'') is an opera in three acts composed by Domenico Sarro to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio, which was based on the story of Dido and Aeneas from the fourth book of Virgil's ''Aeneid''. The opera premiered on 1 February 1724 at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples. ==Background and performance history== ''Didone abbandonata'' was Metastasio's first original libretto, and Sarro's opera was the first of what were to be over fifty musical settings of the work. The opera premiered at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples on 1 February 1724 along with a two-part comic intermezzo also composed by Sarro to a libretto by Metastasio, ''L’impresario delle Isole Canarie''.〔Casaglia (2005). ''L'impresario delle Canarie'' is also known by several other names: ''Dorina e Nibbio'', ''L'impresario'', ''L'impresario e la cantante'', and ''The Master of the Opera''.〕 ''Didone abbandonata'' was Sarro's sixteenth opera composed for the theatres in Naples and is considered an important example of his mature style.〔Robinson〕 The title role was sung in the premiere by Marianna Bulgarelli, famed for her talent as an actress. Bulgarelli was also the patron and mistress of the young Metastasio, who was living in her home while he wrote ''Didone''. He intended it as a showcase for her, and according to contemporary accounts, Bulgarelli had considerable influence on the work, especially in shaping Dido's scenes of jealousy in Act 2.〔Markstrom (2007) p. 146〕 Marianna Bulgarelli and her Aeneas, Nicolo Grimaldi, reprised their roles on 26 December 1724 at the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice for the premiere of Tommaso Albinoni's setting of the libretto, and again on 10 May 1725 in Reggio Emilia for the premiere of Nicola Porpora's setting.〔 The premiere of Sarro's ''Didone'' was very successful, with contemporary accounts reporting the audience deeply moved.〔"La Marianna sotto l' aspetto dell' infelice Didone, e Niccolò Grimaldi sotto quello d' Enea vi fecero tali prodigi, e commossero si fattamente ogni cuore, che in Napoli i più vecchi parlano ancora al presente delle lagrime espresse in quella occasione." Metastasio ''et al'' (1791) pp. xx-xxi〕 The opera was given a second run later that year at the Teatro San Bartolomeo and played in several other opera houses in Italy. Sarro revised the opera (with a text adapted from Metastasio's by Giovanni Boldini) for its Venice premiere on 24 November 1730 at the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo. On that occasion, Nicolo Grimaldi again sang the role of Aeneas, but Didone was sung by Lucia Facchinelli. The revised version was dedicated to Gustavus Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Boyne who was in the audience that night.〔Selfridge-Field (2007) p. 420〕 The opera was also performed in Brno in the autumn of 1734,〔Freeman (1992) p. 185〕 and its revival at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in 1737 was the theatre's last opera performance before it gave way to the newly built Teatro San Carlo.〔Heslin (2005) p. 39〕 Eventually Sarro's opera fell into obscurity and there are no recordings of the complete work. However, on 23 September 2005, a shortened concert version was performed at the Schloss Elisabethenburg in Meiningen by the ensemble Les Amis de Philippe conducted by Ludger Rémy, a live recording of which was broadcast on MDR radio the following year. Several copies of the manuscript score are held in the San Pietro a Majella conservatory in Naples. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Didone abbandonata (Sarro)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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