Alessandro nelle Indie (Alexander in India) is an opera seria in two acts by Giovanni Pacini to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola and Giovanni Schmidt, based on Alessandro nell'Indie by Pietro Metastasio. It was premiered at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples on 29 September 1824, and had a total of 38 performances in its first season.
This opera is one of some 70 operatic works using Metastasio's text about Alexander the Great, most of which were written in the 18th century, starting with the work by Leonardo Vinci (1730).
Roles +RoleLibretto of the first representation in NaplesVoice typePremiere cast, 29 September 1824Conductor: Nicola FestaCleofide (Cleophis)sopranoAdelaide TosiPorosopranoCaterina LippariniAlessandro Magno (Alexander the Great)tenorAndrea NozzariGandartetenorGiovanni BoccaccioTimagenebassCarlo MoncadaGreek and Indian warriors, courtiers, priests
Recording 2006: Laura Claycomb (Cleofide), Jennifer Larmore (Poro), Bruce Ford (tenor) (Alessandro Magno), Mark Wilde (Gandarte), Dean Robinson (Timagene); Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic, David Parry (conductor). Recorded November 2006 at Henry Wood Hall, London. Label: Opera Rara ORC35
References
Further reading Balthazar, Scott L., "Alessandro nelle Indie", Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. L. Macy. Balthazar, Scott L. (with Michael Rose) (1997), "Giovanni Pacini", in Sadie, Stanley (ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, New York: Grove (Oxford University Press), Vol. Three, pp. 808—812. Marinelli-Roscioni, Carlo, Il Teatro di San Carlo La Cronologia 1737–1987, p. 191
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