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Fedra (Mayr)

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Fedra is an opera (melodramma serio) in two acts composed by Simon Mayr to an Italian-language libretto by Luigi Romanelli based on Racine's play Phèdre.

It premiered on 26 December 1820 at La Scala in Milan with Teresa Belloc-Giorgi in the title role.[1][2] The German premiere of the opera took place at the Staatstheater Braunschweig on 30 March 2008, 188 years after its first performance.

Recordings

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Year Cast Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label
2008 Capucine Chiaudani,
Tomasz Zagorski,
Rebecca Nelsen,
Dae-Bum Lee,
Hyo-Jin Shin,
Jorn Lindemann
Gerd Schaller,
Chorus of the Staatstheater Braunschweig, Staatsorchester Braunschweig
CD: Oehms Classics
OC 920[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Fedra, 26 December 1820". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  2. ^ Fedra (Giovanni Simone Mayr), Libretti d'Opera. Retrieved 12 August 2020 (in Italian).
  3. ^ Fedra, Oehms Classics
  4. ^ Review: Fedra, MusicWeb International
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