L'Orione (Orion) is an opera in three acts and a prologue by the Italian composer Francesco Cavalli with a libretto by . It was first performed at the Royal Palace of Milan, in June 1653"L'Orione", Opera Scotland to celebrate the election of Ferdinand IV as King of the Romans. The libretto had originally been written for the Teatro San Moisè, Venice, in 1642. Orione was revived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1983 by the conductor and musicologist Raymond Leppard.
Roles +RoleVoice type/part clefOrione, the hunterTenor / C1Diana, goddess of the huntmezzo-soprano / C1Aurora, goddess of the dawmezzo-soprano / F4CastoreC1ErcoleF4TaumantiC3Filotero, Orione's companionbaritone / F4Vulcano, god of firebass / F4Bronte, a CyclopsF4Sterope, a CyclopsC4Apollo, sun god, brother of DianatenorVenere, goddess of lovemezzo-soprano / C3Amor, Cupid, son of Venussoprano / C1Giove, father of the godstenorTitone, a mortal, husband of AurorabaritoneNettuno, god of the seabassCarontePlutoVecchiaUna ninfa dell'AuroraDue ninfi di Dianaboth / C1
Recordings L'Orione, Cinzia Forte, Laura Polverelli, Margherita Tomasi, Alketa Cela, Sara Mingardo, Lorenzo Regazzo, Pietro Vultaggio, Francesc Garrigosa, Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon, 2CDs Mondo Musica, 2001
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Further reading "Nobody marries and the villains aren't punished. Francesco Cavalli's opera Orione" by Davide Daolmi, from [t]akte 1/2015, Bärenreiter, translated by Elizabeth Robinson
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