I cherusci
I cherusci is a dramma per musica in 2 acts by Simon Mayr to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi. It was first performed at the Teatro Argentina, Rome, for Carnival 1808.[1][2] The plot is at the time of the battles between the Germanic tribes the Marcomanni and Cherusci.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Treuta, tenor - popular leader of the Marcomanni people
- Tusnelda, soprano - Treuta's slave, a Cheruscan, but due to be sacrificed by the druids
- Tamaro, soprano - enemy leader of the Cherusci and bards
- Zarasto, bass - high priest of the druids
- Ercilda, soprano - allied with Treuta
- Carilo, tenor - leader of the Sarronides, allied with Treuta
- Dunclamo, tenor - adoptive father of Tusnelda, who later discovers that Treuta is Tusnelda's father
- Araldo, tenor
Recording
[edit]- I cherusci Bayerische Staatsoper, Franz Hauk. Naxos 2CD 2019 [4]
References
[edit]- ^ John Allitt -J. S. Mayr: Father of 19th Century Italian Music 1989 p.179 "I CHERUSCI. Dramma per musica in 2 acts; libretto by Gaetano Rossi. Rome, Teatro Argentina, Carnival 1808."
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- ^ Gerald Abraham The Age of Beethoven, 1790-1830 1982 Page 390 The model is obviously Die Zauberflöte , which is often echoed in detail , and there is nearly always a sonorous bass High Priest ; it is no surprise that the Chief Druid in I Cherusci is called Zarastro . Mayr's frequent storms ... ...
- ^ Musicweb review
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