Zelmira (Rossini, Gioacchino)

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Cons. S.Pietro a Majella. omits recitatives
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Arranger Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763-1850)
Language Italian
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Artaria, n.d. Plate 2679.
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Arranger Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763-1850)
Language Italian / German
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Artaria, n.d.(ca.1822). Plate 2679.
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Misc. Notes Biblioteca Fondazione Rossini Pesaro. Omits recitativo secco.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Ciel pietoso

For Piano
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Florence: Giuseppe Lorenzi, n.d.(ca.1830). Plate 762.
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Misc. Notes This item forms part of the
Ricasoli Collection at the University of Louisville Music Library.
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For Piano (Holst)
Arranger Matthias Holst (1759-1845)
Publisher. Info. London: Clementi & Co., n.d.
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Perché mi guardi e piangi

For Piano
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Unidentified publisher - likely G. Lorenzi, n.d.(ca.1823).
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Misc. Notes This item forms part of the
Ricasoli Collection at the University of Louisville Music Library.
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For Guitar
Arranger Fridrich Spina (1791-1836)
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Artaria, n.d.[1822]. Plate 2698.
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General Information

Work Title Zelmira
Alternative. Title Melodramma
Name Translations ゼルミーラ; Зельмира
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 181834098; GND: 300235313; BNF: 13928281v; BNE: XX2705921
Composer Rossini, Gioacchino
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGR 75
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts
First Performance. 1822-02-16 in Naples, Teatro di San Carlo
Librettist Andrea Leone Tottola (d. 1831), after Pierre-Laurent de Belloy (1727–1775)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation voices, choir, orchestra
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Cast
Polidoro, King of Lesbos (bass)
Zelmira, his daughter (soprano)
Emma, her confidant (contralto)
Ilo, Prince of Troy and husband of Zelmira (tenor)
Antenore, a usurper from Mytilene (tenor)
Leucippo, his confidant, a general (bass-baritone)
Eacide, a follower of Prince Ilo (tenor)
High priest of Jupiter (bass)
Zelmira's young son (silent)

Mixed Chorus (SATB)

Priests, populace, Mytilene army, Ilo's followers

Orchestra

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons,
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, strings
Related Works Pieces based on 'Zelmira'
Extra Information There are probably other transpositions for clarinets, horns, and trumpets; the changes are not always clearly marked. While many sources refer to this as an opera, the subtitle is "Melodramma". However, the IMSLP tag melodrama is reserved for works like Fibich’s Hypodamia, narrated works. So an opera it remains, tag-wise.

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