Arminio_(Biber)

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Arminio (Biber)

Opera by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

Arminio or Chi la Dura la Vince is an opera ("Dramma musicale") – and the earliest extant opera composed in Salzburg – in three acts about the Germanic military hero Arminius, and the only surviving opera composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, composed ca. 1690–1692 with an Italian libretto probably by Francesco Maria Raffaelini. The manuscript score is kept in the Carolino Augusteum of Salzburg.

For the opera by G. F. Handel, see Arminio.

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Synopsis

The opera is about the story of the wife of Arminius, Thusnelda (Segesta) who becomes prisoner of Germanicus.

Recordings

H.I.F. Biber: Arminio, Salzburger Hofmusik, Il Dolcimelo.

  • Conductor: Wolfgang Brunner
  • Singers:

Gotthold Schwarz / Bernhard Landauer / Irena Troupova / Regina Schwarzer / Otto Rastbichler / Hermann Oswald / Barbara Schlick / Gerd Türk / Xenia Meijer / Florian Mehltretter / Gerd Kenda / Markus Forster

  • Recording date: April 1994
  • Label: CPO

See also

References

    • Piero Gelli, Filippo Poletti: Dizionario Dell'opera 2008, Dalai editore, 2007
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