| Il Demofonte | |
|---|---|
| Opera seria by Maksym Berezovsky | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Demofonte_Aria_of_Timant_score.jpg) Aria of Timante, "Misero pargoletto", the fragment of the composer's manuscript | |
| Native title | |
| Librettist | Pietro Metastasio |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Il Demofonte |
| Premiere | February 1774 |
Il Demofonte, also: Demofonte, Demofoonte or Demofont (Russian and Ukrainian: Демофонт or Демофон) is an opera seria by the Ukrainian composer Maksym Berezovsky (1745–1777) composed in 1773 to an Italian libretto by Pietro Metastasio.
The opera libretto Il Demofonte was written by Metastasio in 1731 (or 1733) and became immensely popular. By 1800 it had inspired at least 73 operas (according to the Encyclopaedia Musical St. Petersburg: The 18th Century) [1]
The version by Maksym Berezovsky is especially important for music history as the first opera by a Russian as well as a Ukrainian composer.
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