Alessandro nell'Indie (Metastasio)

Metastasio: Alessandro nell'Indie, Herissant Vol. 4, Paris 1780
Title page of the original libretto
List of roles in the original libretto
Pietro Metastasio

Alessandro nell'Indie (lit. 'Alexander in India')[1] is a libretto in three acts by Pietro Metastasio. It was set to music around ninety times[2] firstly by Leonardo Vinci, whose version premiered in Rome on 2 January 1730.[1][3] The libretto was the fourth of five that Metastasio wrote for the Teatro delle Dame in Rome between 1727 and 1730.[4] The work was dedicated to the Stuart pretender to the British throne, James Francis Edward Stuart, then resident in Rome.[3]

Alessandro nell'Indie became Metastasio's second most popular work, after Artaserse. Both were written for the Rome carnival season.[5]

  1. ^ a b Neville, Don (2002). "Alessandro nell'Indie (libretto)". oxfordmusiconline.com. Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O006359. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
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  3. ^ a b Colin Timms; Bruce Wood (2017). Music in the London Theatre from Purcell to Handel. Cambridge University Press. pp. 116–125. ISBN 978-1-107-15464-3.
  4. ^ Cummings, Graham (1982–1983). "Reminiscence and Recall in Three Early Settings of Metastasio's 'Alessandro nell' Indie'". Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association. 109: 80–104. doi:10.1093/jrma/109.1.80. JSTOR 766137.
  5. ^ Cummings, Graham (2017). "8 – From Metastasio's Alessandro to Handel's Poro: A Change of Dramatic Emphasis". In Timms, Colin; Wood, Bruce (eds.). Music in the London Theatre from Purcell to Handel. Cambridge University Press. pp. 114–125. doi:10.1017/9781316650813.010. ISBN 9781316650813. Retrieved 25 December 2019.