Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne

Apollo and Daphne

Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne (The Loves of Apollo and Daphne) is an opera by the Italian composer Francesco Cavalli. It was Cavalli's second operatic work and was premiered at the Teatro San Cassiano, Venice during the Carnival season of 1640. The libretto is by Giovanni Francesco Busenello and is based on the story of the god Apollo's love for the nymph Daphne as told in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, 1640 (Conductor: - )
Apollo	haute-contre
Dafne	mezzo-soprano
Aurora	soprano
Cefalo	tenor
Amore	soprano
Filena	soprano
Alfesibeo	baritone
Sonno	bariton
Cirilla	haute-contre
Venere	mezzo-soprano
Giove	bass
Pan	tenor
Morfeo	tenor
Procris	soprano
Itaton	soprano
Titonio	tenor
Peneo	bass
Panto	bass
Three muses	mezzo-soprano and two sopranos
Coro de Ninfe e Pastori

Recordings

• Gli Amori d'Apollo e di Dafne Orquestra Joven de la Sinfónica de Galicia, Alberto Zedda, Naxos, 2006.
• Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne Ensemble Elyma, Gabriel Garrido, K617 2009.
• Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne, Act 3: Misero Apollo Philippe Jaroussky, Artaserse.
• The Loves of Apollo & Dafne Filmed performance (2021) at Pinchgut Opera(subscription required) Archived 2024-03-17 at the Wayback Machine

References

• Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001. ISBN 0-14-029312-4
• Libretto of the opera Archived 2021-10-17 at the Wayback Machine, in Italian.