Salieri mingled elements of comic opera and heroic opera to produce a work that was a popular success at the time of its first performance, also partly due to the grandiose staging that is called for.
The opera was first performed at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna on 14 October 1795, and staged 39 times in the Austrian capital between then and 1798. It was also given in Germany in translation.
Set in ancient Persia, three Kings, arriving variously on a camel, an elephant and a horse, vie for the honour of killing a monster and winning the hand of the Persian princess Palmira.
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palmira, regina, persia, opera, antonio, salieri, more, specifically, dramma, eroicomico, opera, acts, libretto, giovanni, gamerra, opera, antonio, salieribeginning, manuscriptlibrettistgiovanni, gamerralanguageitalianpremiere14, october, 1795, 1795, kärntnert. Palmira regina di Persia is an opera by Antonio Salieri more specifically it is a dramma eroicomico The opera is in two acts and is set to a libretto by Giovanni de Gamerra Palmira regina di PersiaOpera by Antonio SalieriBeginning of the manuscriptLibrettistGiovanni de GamerraLanguageItalianPremiere14 October 1795 1795 10 14 Karntnertortheater ViennaSalieri mingled elements of comic opera and heroic opera to produce a work that was a popular success at the time of its first performance also partly due to the grandiose staging that is called for Contents 1 Performance history 2 Roles 3 Synopsis 4 ReferencesPerformance history editThe opera was first performed at the Karntnertortheater in Vienna on 14 October 1795 and staged 39 times in the Austrian capital between then and 1798 It was also given in Germany in translation Roles editRoles Voice type Premiere October 14 1795 Conductor First CastHigh Priest bassPalmira Princess of Persia sopranoAlderano King of Egypt bassOronte King of Scythia bassAlcidoro King of India tenorDarius the Great King of Persia bassSynopsis editSet in ancient Persia three Kings arriving variously on a camel an elephant and a horse vie for the honour of killing a monster and winning the hand of the Persian princess Palmira References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palmira regina di Persia John A Rice Palmira regina di Persia Grove Music Online ed L Macy accessed 29 May 2007 grovemusic com Archived 2008 05 16 at the Wayback Machine subscription access John A Rice Palmira regina di Persia in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera ed Stanley Sadie London 1992 ISBN 0 333 73432 7 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Palmira regina di Persia amp oldid 1183403555, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
