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Oristeo
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Oristeo is an opera in a prologue and three acts by Francesco Cavalli. It was designated as a dramma per musica. The Italian libretto was by Giovanni Faustini.

The opera is notable for containing one of the first examples of a da capo aria, Udite amanti, sung by Corinta.
Performance history
It was first performed in Venice on the occasion of the inauguration of the Teatro Sant'Apollinare on 9 February 1651.
Roles
Recordings
Oristeo, Atto I Scena 4: Dimmi amor, che farò? Mariana Flores, Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón 2014
References
- Sources
- Casaglia, Gherardo (2005)."Oristeo". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
- Clinksdale, Martha Novak, " Oristeo ", The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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