Telemaco (Gluck)


Telemaco, ossia L'isola di Circe is an operatic dramma per musica in two acts by Christoph Willibald Gluck. The Italian libretto was written by Marco Coltellini after Carlo Sigismondo Capece's libretto for Scarlatti's 1718 opera Telemaco.
The opera was written for the wedding of the Emperor Joseph II and Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria.

Performance history

The first performance was at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 30 January 1765.

Roles

RoleVoice typePremiere cast, 30 January 1765
UlissetenorGiuseppe Tibaldi
CircesopranoElisabeth Teyber
Telemacoalto castratoGaetano Guadagni
AsteriasopranoRosa Tartaglini
Merionesoprano castratoLuca Fabris