Alahor in Granata
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Alahor in Granata is an opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti to an Italian libretto after Jean Pierre Clares de Florian's text Gonzalve de Cordove, our Granade reconquise (1793). It premiered with critical and popular success at the Teatro Carolino, Palermo on January 7, 1826. The score was eventually lost, and then discovered in the late 1900s. The first contemporary production was in Seville, 1998 (available on DVD).
Roles
| Premiere, March 19, 1859 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Zobeida, daughter of Mohamed, sister of Alahor | soprano | Elisabetta Ferron |
| Alahor, son of Mohamed | baritone | Antonio Tamburini |
| Muley-Hassem, King of Granata | contralto | Marietta Gioia Tamburini |
| Sulima, favorite slave of Zobeida | mezzo-soprano | Carlotta Tomassetti |
| Alamar, head of the tribe | tenor | Berardo Winter |
| Ismaele, false friend of Alamar | tenor | Salvatore Patti |
| Tribesmen, soldiers, people | ||
Synopsis
Recordings
- [link] Josep Pons conducting the Granada City Orchestra, with Juan Diego Flórez, Patrizia Pace, Ruben Amoretti, Simone Alaimo, Soraya Chaves, Vivica Genaux, 1999 (Almaviva)
External Links
[Libretto] (Italian)
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