Demofoonte
Dramma per musica in tre atti di Pietro Metastasio
Dramma per musica in tre atti di Pietro Metastasio
Musica di Niccolò Jommelli 1714-1774
It turns out the internet is full of informations about both Napolitan composer Niccolò Jommelli and Demofoonte, so my research was unexpectedly quick and thorough.
About Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774) :
About Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774) :
- Complete biography (in English) by phonoarchive.org
- "The evolution of Jommelli's operatic style" by Marita P. McClymonds (in English, extract from The Journal of the American Musicological Society) - see pages 338 to 350 (pdf pages 13 to 30) for a comparison of the 1764 and 1770 versions of Demofoonte
- Biography (in French) by musicologie.org
- Quelques jalons préliminaires (also in French) by resmusica.com
About Demofoonte:
- One sentence to sum up the story: King Demophon wants to sacrifice a virgin to appease Apollo, but the intended victim (Dirce) is secretly married to his son, Timante.
- Synopsis and complete genesis of the opera (in French) here
- Libretto (pdf format) here
- Synopsis in Italian here
Demofoonte was originally composed in 1743 (premiere in Padova) but underwent several revisions: Milan 1753, Stuttgart 1764, Naples 1770 (four versions total).
If the Paris Opera website is accurate, Riccardo Muti should conduct the original version of 1743 in June 2009.
If the Paris Opera website is accurate, Riccardo Muti should conduct the original version of 1743 in June 2009.
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This is the review of the 4th version (1770, Naples), about the première in Salzburg last 31 May on Il Giornale della musica.it
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