L'Orione

L'Orione (Orion) is an opera in three acts and a prologue by the Italian composer Francesco Cavalli with a libretto by Francesco Melosio. It was first performed at the Royal Theatre, Milan, in June 1653 to celebrate the election of Ferdinand IV as King of the Romans. The libretto had originally been written for the Teatro San Moisè, Venice, in 1642. Orione was revived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1983 by the conductor and musicologist Raymond Leppard.

Francesco Cavalli

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere cast, June 1653 (Conductor: – )
Orione	C1
Diana	C1
Aurora	F4
Castore	C1
Ercole	F4
Taumanti	C3
Filotero	F4
Vulcano	F4
Bronte	F4
Sterope	C4
Apollo
Venere	C3
Cupido (=Amor)	C1
Giove
Titone
Nettuno
Caronte
Pluto
Vecchia
Una ninfa dell'Aurora
Due ninfi di Diana	both C1

Recordings

• L'Orione Cinzia Forte Laura Polverelli Margherita Tomasi , Alketa Cela Sara Mingardo Lorenzo Regazzo Pietro Vultaggio Francesc Garrigosa Orchestra Barocca di Venezia Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon 2CD Mondo Musica 2006

References

Source

• Brenac, Jean-Claude, Le magazine de l'opéra baroque at perso.orange.fr. Retrieved 9 September 2011.

L'Orione: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project