Ópera do Tejo

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Antigono , title page of the libretto (Lisbon 1755)
The stage of the Ópera do Tejo in Lisbon on the day it opened on March 31, 1755. The opera performed was Alessandro nell'Indie by David Perez .
Ruin in 1757 after earthquake in 1755 by Jacques Philippe Le Bas
Reconstruction drawing (1933) by José de Figueiredo (1872–1937)

The Opera on the Tejo , in Portuguese Ópera do Tejo or Real Casa da Ópera ( Royal Opera House ), was the opera built under Joseph I in the historic city center of Lisbon on Paço da Ribeira on the banks of the Tagus / Tejo, which was affected by the severe earthquake on 1 November 1755 was destroyed. It was opened on March 31, 1755 of the same year. The building was designed by the Italian architect Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena (1717–1760).

The theater opened with the opera Alessandro nell'Indie by Davide Perez and the libretto by Pietro Metastasio . Before its destruction, the opera also premiered two operas by Antonio Mazzoni with libretti by Pietro Metastasio, La clemenza di Tito and Antigono .

See also

References and footnotes

  1. ^ Antigono: Dramma Per Musica da Rappresentarsi Nell 'Autunno Dell' Anno MDCCLV. Sul Gran Teatro Nuovamente Eretto Alla Real Corte di Lisbona, Per Comando Della Sacra Real Maestà Di Giuseppe Primo, Re di Portogallo, Algarve, & c. Lisbona, Portugal, Nella Regia Stamperìa Sylviana, e dell 'Accademia Reale. MDCCLV
  2. ↑ engl. Lisbon Royal Opera House of Tagus

literature

  • The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Opera , edited by Anthony R. DelDonna, Pierpaolo Polzonetti. 2009
  • FARIA, Miguel Figueira de; GALLASCH-HALL, Aline; et al. (2012). "" A Ópera do Tejo ea sua ligação ao Paço Real: possíveis vestígios arquitectónicos "". Do Terreiro do Paço à Praça do Comércio - História de um Espaço Urbano 1ª ed. Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda & Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. ISBN 978-972-27-2302-2

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