Cesare in Farmacusa

Opera dates
Original title:	Cesare in Farmacusa
Shape:	Dramma eroicomico
Original language:	Italian
Music:	Antonio Salieri
Libretto :	Carlo Prospero Defranceschi
Literary source:	Plutarch
Premiere:	June 2, 1800
Place of premiere:	Kärntnerthortheater Vienna
Playing time:	about 3 hours
Place and time of the action:	On the island of Farmacusa ( Farmakonisi )
people
	Giulio Cesare ( tenor ); Tullo, lover Gigis, slave Cesares ( bass ); Gigi, slave girl Cesares ( soprano ); Nicanore, leader of the pirates (soprano); Megistone, leader of the pirates (bass); Termuti, main wife of the pirates and fiancée Nicanore (soprano); Nerbote, overseer of the slaves and the slaves of the pirates (tenor); Zosmia, overseer of the slaves and the slaves of the pirates (soprano); Lentulo, Roman civil servant (tenor);

Cesare in Farmacusa (German: Caesar in Pharmacusa ) is a heroic-comic opera (Italian "Dramma eroicomico") in two acts by Antonio Salieri with a text by Carlo Prospero Defranceschi based on Plutarch . The first performance took place on June 2, 1800 in Vienna's Kärntnerthortheater .

According to contemporary reports, the opera was a great success, and even the critical Allgemeine Musical Zeitung praised the piece several times. Individual numbers - such as the finale of the first act - were even integrated into concert programs. As an overture, Salieri has taken over the prelude to his opera seria L'Europa riconosciuta, composed in 1778 for the opening of La Scala in Milan, with a few changes. The overture inspired Beethoven when composing the storm in the 4th movement of the 6th symphony (Pastorale).

The libretto was set to music by Stefano Pavesi after an arrangement by an unknown hand in 1817 and performed under the title La gioventù di Cesare at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan .

Web links

Cesare in Farmacusa (Antonio Salieri) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
Manuscripts and performances (1770–1830) by Cesare in Farmacusa in the DFG opera project
Cesare in Farmacusa (Salieri, Antonio) : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

^ Stefano Pavesi: La gioventù di Cesare: Melodramma eroicomico in due atti . Pirola, 1817 ( google.at [accessed on May 17, 2018]).

[1] Stefano Pavesi: La gioventù di Cesare: Melodramma eroicomico in due atti . Pirola, 1817 ( google.at [accessed on May 17, 2018]).

Opera dates
Original title:	Cesare in Farmacusa
Shape:	Dramma eroicomico
Original language:	Italian
Music:	Antonio Salieri
Libretto :	Carlo Prospero Defranceschi
Literary source:	Plutarch
Premiere:	June 2, 1800
Place of premiere:	Kärntnerthortheater Vienna
Playing time:	about 3 hours
Place and time of the action:	On the island of Farmacusa ( Farmakonisi )
people
Giulio Cesare ( tenor ) Tullo, lover Gigis, slave Cesares ( bass ) Gigi, slave girl Cesares ( soprano ) Nicanore, leader of the pirates (soprano) Megistone, leader of the pirates (bass) Termuti, main wife of the pirates and fiancée Nicanore (soprano) Nerbote, overseer of the slaves and the slaves of the pirates (tenor) Zosmia, overseer of the slaves and the slaves of the pirates (soprano) Lentulo, Roman civil servant (tenor)