Opera in 5 acts and a prologue
Libretto: Francesco Buti [Based: Sophocles: The Trachiniae and Ovid: Metamorphoses - ninth book]
First performance: 7 February 1662, Salles des Machines, Tuilleries, Paris
Cinzia (Cynthia), soprano
Ercole (Hercules), bass
Deianira, Ercole's wife, soprano
Hyllo (Hyllus), son of Ercole, tenor
Iole, soprano
La bellezza (Beauty or Hebe, the Goddess of Youth), soprano
Giunone (Juno), soprano castrato
Mercurio (Mercury), tenor
Nettuno (Neptune), bass
Venere (Venus), soprano
Tevere (The Tiber), bass
Eutyro (Eurytus), bass
Licco (Lichas), contralto
Shade of King Laomedonte, tenor
Shade of Bussiride, contralto
Shade of Queen Clerica, contralto
Paggio (A page), soprano |
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