Fedra is an opera (melodramma serio) in two acts composed by Simon Mayr to an Italian-language libretto by Luigi Romanelli based on Racine's play Phèdre.

It premiered on 26 December 1820 at La Scala in Milan with Teresa Belloc-Giorgi in the title role.[1][2] The German premiere of the opera took place at the Staatstheater Braunschweig on 30 March 2008, 188 years after its first performance.

Recordings

Year Cast Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra 		Label
2008 Capucine Chiaudani,
Tomasz Zagorski,
Rebecca Nelsen,
Dae-Bum Lee,
Hyo-Jin Shin,
Jorn Lindemann		 Gerd Schaller,
Chorus of the Staatstheater Braunschweig, Staatsorchester Braunschweig		 CD: Oehms Classics
OC 920[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Fedra, 26 December 1820". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  2. ^ Fedra (Giovanni Simone Mayr), Libretti d'Opera. Retrieved 12 August 2020 (in Italian).
  3. ^ Fedra, Oehms Classics
  4. ^ Review: Fedra, MusicWeb International

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Simon Mayr
Jean Racine's Phèdre (1677)
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