Ormindo

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Ormindo is a 1644 opera by Italian Baroque composer Francesco Cavalli, known for its blend of comic and serious elements and its importance in early Venetian opera.

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Ormindo canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera ⓘ
associatedCity Venice ⓘ
catalogueStatus one of Cavalli's best-known operas ⓘ
composer Francesco Cavalli ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1644 ⓘ
form recitative and aria ⓘ
genre Italian Baroque opera ⓘ
dramma per musica ⓘ
opera ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Venetian opera ⓘ
influencedField modern interest in Cavalli operas ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
librettist Giovanni Faustini ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
musicalStyle arioso passages ⓘ
stile rappresentativo ⓘ
notableCharacteristic blend of comic and serious elements ⓘ
example of early Venetian public opera ⓘ
notableProduction Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1967 production ⓘ
linked to: Glyndebourne
originalAudience public opera-going audience in Venice ⓘ
performancePractice originally written for castrato and female voices ⓘ
uses continuo accompaniment ⓘ
premiereLocation Venice ⓘ
premiereTheatre Teatro San Cassiano ⓘ
principalCharacter Agenore ⓘ
Amida ⓘ
linked to: Amitābha Buddha

Destiny (La Fortuna) ⓘ
Erice ⓘ
Erisbe ⓘ
Hariadeno ⓘ
Melide ⓘ
Mirinda ⓘ
Nerillo ⓘ
Ormindo ⓘ
Sicle ⓘ
relatedWorkByComposer Giasone ⓘ
La Calisto ⓘ
revival 20th-century revival in modern performance practice ⓘ
settingOfOpera Anfa in Morocco ⓘ
structure prologue and three acts ⓘ
thematicElement disguise ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
love ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition 1640s ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Francesco Cavalli → notableWork → Ormindo ⓘ
subject linked to: Cavalli
Ormindo → principalCharacter → Ormindo ⓘ
Erismena → hasCharacter → Ormindo ⓘ