Calliroe is a melodramma eroico or opera in 2 acts and 23 scenes by composer Giuseppe Farinelli. The work uses an Italian language libretto by Gaetano Rossi. The work premiered at La Fenice in Venice on 3 January 1808 in a double bill with the house premiere of Urbano Garzia's ballet Il calunniatore punito ossia Il conte Lenosse.
Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 3 January 1808 (Conductor:) |
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Calliroe | soprano | Francesca Festa Maffei |
Agenore | contralto | Augusta Schmaltz |
Oreso | tenor | Francesco Fiorini |
Pamene | bass | Michele Benedetti |
Idante | soprano | Anna Cajani |
Euriso | tenor | Pietro Vasoli |
Mintea | soprano | Giuditta Favini |
The Oracle | bass | |
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