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ACHILLE:



King of the Myrmidons; son of Peleus. Soldier in the Trojan Wars, best know for his weak ankle. His mother, the Nereid Thetis, dipped the baby Achilles into the Styx, thus rendering him invicible except at the heel by which she held him. Achilles killed Hector and was fatally wounded by Hector’s younger brother, Paris (or, according to another version of the story, by Apollo who assumed Paris’ shape). Hero of The Iliad. (Homer).

Agricola, G.F. 1765. Achille in Sciro

Amicaoni, A. 1772. Achille in Sciro

Anfossi, P. 1774. Achille in Sciro

Apell, J.P. 1785. Achille in Sciro

Arena,G. 1738. Achille in Sciro

Arne, T. 1773. Achilles in Petticoats

Barbier, F. 1864. Achille chez Chiron

Basili, F. 1797. Achille nell’ assedio di Troia

Basili, F. 1817. L’Ira d’Achille

Bernardini, M. 1794. Achille in Sciro

Bertoni, F.G. 1764. Achille in Sciro

Caldara,A. 1736. Achille in Sciro

Campra, A. 1735. Achille et Deidamie

Capello, G.M. 1789. Achille in Sciro

Charini, P. 1739. Achille in Sciro

Cimarosa, D. 1797. Achille all’ assedio di Troia

Coppola, P.A. 1825. Achille in Sciro

Corselli, F. 1738. Achille in Sciro

Donizetti, G. 1817. L’Ira d’Achille

Draghi, A. 1663. Achilles in Sciro

Draghi, A. 1663 Achille riconosciuto

Draghi, A. 1663 Achille in Tessalia

Draghi, A. 1693 L’Impresse dell’Achille di Roma

Gassmann, F.L. 1766 Achille in Sciro

Gazzaniga, G. 1782 Achille in Sciro

Giacomelli, G. 1739 Achille in Aulide

Giacomelli, G. 1739 Achille in Sciro

Hasse, J.A. 1739 Achille in Sciro

Hasse, J.A. 1759 Achille in Sciro

Jommelli, N. 1745 Achille in Sciro

Jommelli, N. 1771 Achille in Sciro (new setting)

Keiser, R. 1716 Der zerstörte Troja

Kreutzer, R. 1811 Le Triomphe du mois de Mars

Laurent de Rille, F.A. 1857 Achille a Scyros

Legrenzi, G. 1663 Achille in Sciro

Leo, L. 1740 Achille in Sciro

Logroscino, N.B. 1760 Il Natale d’Achille

Lotti, A. 1707 Achille Placato

Lulli, Giovanni Battista. 1687 Achille et Polyxene

Manna, G. 1745 Achille in Sciro

Marti, E. 1913 Achille chez Hycomede

Mazzoni, A.M. 1754 Achille in Sciro

Monza, C. 1764 Achille in Sciro

Nasolini, S. 1806 Achille e Patrocolo

Naumann, J.G. 1767 Achille in Sciro

Nebra, J. 1747 Antes que celos

Niccolini, G. 1814 L’Ira d’Achille

Paer, F. 1801 Achille

Paisiello, G. 1778 Achille in Sciro

Pugnati, G. 1785 Achille in Sciro

Runker, G.B. 1747 Achille in Sciro

Sales, P.P. 1774 Achille in Sciro

Sarro, D. 1737 Achille in Sciro

Sarti, G. 1759 Achille in Sciro

Sarti, G. 1779 Achille in Sciro

Scarlatti, A. 1698 Achille e Deidamia

Sciroli, G. 1751 Achille in Sciro

Staffa, G. 1828 Priamo alla tenda di Achille

Stuck, J.B. 1711 Thetis, ou La Naissance d’Achille

Thys, P. 1884 L’Education d’Achille

Tippett, M. 1962 King Priam

Verocaj, B. 1746 Achille in Sciro

ENEA: 



Italy's national hero, a hero the Trojan Wars, the son of Anchises and Venus. Hero of Virgil’s Aeneid, which plots his story from the fall of Troy to his arrival in Italy. Revered as the ancestral hero of the Romans. (see also Dido).

Badia, C.A. 1702. Enea negli Elisi

Bernabei, G.A. 1679 Enea in Italia

Boretti, G.A. 1670 Enea in Italia

Boroni, A. 1778 Enea nel Lazio

Chaves, J. 179? Enee et Lavinie

Colasse, P. 1690 Enee et Lavinie

Dauvergne, A.L. 1758 Enee et Lavinie

Draghi, A. 1678 Enea in Italia

Fini, M. 1731 Gli Sposali d’Enea

Franck, J.W. 1680 Aeneas des Trojanischen Fürsten Abkufft in Italien

Fronduti, G.B. 1709 L’Impegni delle dei per le glorie d’Enea

Fux, J.J. 1731 Enea negli Elisi

Galuppi, B. 1765 L’Arrivo nel Lazio

Gardi, F. 1785 Enea nel Lazio

Giardini, F. 1764 Enea e Lavinia

Gibella, F.C. 1680 Enea in Cartagnie

Gibelli, L. 1731 Gli Sposali d’Enea

Guerrini, G. 1948 Enea

Guglielmi, P.A. 1785 Enea e Lavinia

Jommelli, N. 1755 Enea nel Lazio

Lampugnani, G.B. 1763 Enea in Italia

Lima, J.F. 1781 Enea in Tracia

Malipiero, G.F. 1958 Vergili Aeniis

Monteverdi, C. 1641 Le Nozze di Enea con Lavinia

Pallavicino, C. 1675 Enea in Italia

Perez, D. 1759 Enea in Italia

Piccinni, N. 1775 Enea in Cuma

Pollarolo, C.F. 1686 Enea in Italia

Porpora, N. 1734 Enea nel Lazio

Righini, V. 1793 Enea nel Lazio

Sacchini, A.M.G. 1779 Enea e Lavinia

Sarti, G. 1799 Enea nel Lazio

Scacchi, G.M. 1638 Enea

Steffani, A. 1695 Il Trionfo del fato, overo Le Glorie d’Enea

Stegmayer, M. 1799 Die travestierte Aeneas

Stegmayer, M. 1800 Aeneas in der Hölle

Telemann, G.P. 1731 Die Flucht des Aeneas nach Latien

Traetta, T.M. 1761 Enea nel Lazio

Uccelini, D.M. 1673 Le Nave d’Enea

Uttini, F.A.B. 1756 Enea in Cartagine

Ziani, P.A. 1680 Enea in Cartagine

AGAMENNONE:



King of Mycenae, brother of Menelaus, father of Electra and husband of Clytemnestra. Led the Greek army against Troy. Killed by Clytemnestra’s lover; Aegisthus. (See also Oresteia).

Brian, H. 1957 Agamennone.

Clarke, R 1975 Agamemnon

Cuclin, D. 1920 Agamemnon

Hervé, F. 1856 Agamemnon

Morris, R. 1969 Agamemnon

Soler, J. 1961 Agamemnon

 ADMETO:



Married to Alceste, daugther of Pelis, she saved her husband Admeto’s life by offering to die in place of him. Ercole then forced Death to save them both. Another version says that Persephone released her from the underworld. (see also Hercules)

Alexandre, C.G. 1755. Le Triomphe de l’Amour conjugal

Antonelli-Torre, F. 1811 Alceste

Appiani, A. 1811 Alceste

Benda, F.W.H. 1786 Alceste

Boughton, R. 1922 Alkestis

D’Ordonez, C. 1778 Alceste

De Leeuw, T. 1963 Alceste

Draghi, A. 1699 Alceste

Elwart, A.A.E. 1850 Alceste

Fiocco, P.A. 1681 Alceste

Floquet, E.J. 1776 Alceste (w./ Philidor)*

Franck, J.W. 1680 Alceste

Gambaro, A. 1882 Alceste
Georges, M. 1891 Alceste

Gluck, Cristoforo. 1767 Alceste

Gresnick, A.F. 1786 Alceste

Gulielmi, P.A. 1768 Alceste

Haendel, Giorgio Frederico. 1727 Admento, re di Tessaglia

Lampugnani, G.B. 1744 Alceste

Lulli, Giovanni Battista. 1674 Alceste, ou Le Triomphe d’Alcide
Magni, G.P. 1702 Admento, re di Tessaglia

Müller, W. 1806 Alceste

Philidor, F.A.D. 1776 Alceste (w./ Floquet)*

Ponzo, G. 1760 Alceste

Porsile, G. 1718 Alceste

Portugal, M.A. 1798 Alceste

Provenzale, F. 1661 Antigona delusa da Alceste

Raupach, H.F. 1758 Alceste
Schürmann, G.K. 1719 Die getreue Alceste

Schwitzer, A. 1773 Alceste

Seyfried, I.X. 1800 Alceste

Staffa, G. 1852 Alceste

Strungk, N.A. 1693 Alceste

Trenta, M. 1679 Alceste

Wellesz, E. 1924 Alkestis

Wolf, E.W. 1778 Alceste

Ziani, P.A. 1660 L’Antigona delusa da Alceste

LE AMAZZONI:




Amazons were a legendary war-like tribe of women descended from the god of war, Ares

and the naiad Harmonia. Amazon Queens incl. Hyppolita, Antope, and Penthesilea, who all got involved with Greek heros including Achilles, Theseus and Hercules.

Accorimboni, A. 1782 Il Regno delle Amazzone

Bayer, A. 1820 Die Böhmischen Amazonen

Beauplan, A. 1830 L’Amazone

Bertini, S. 1772 L’Impero delle Amazzoni

Blon, F. 1903 Die Amazonen

Boni, C. 1775 Le Amazzoni

Busca, L. 1670 Ippolita, regina delle Amazzoni

Chelleri, F. 1715 Aessandro fra le Amazzoni

De Angelis, A. 1707 Mitilene, regina delle Amazones

Destouches, A. 1699 Marthesie, première reine des Amazones

Elsner, F. 1800 Amazonki

Förtsch, J.P. 1690 Thalestris

Gyrowetz, A. 1806 Königin der Amazonen

Käfer, J.P. 1717 Die Königin der Amazonen Marthesia

Krieger, J.P. 1693 Herkule unter den Amazonen

Latilla, G. 1739 Le Amazzoni

Lindpainter, P.J. von 1831 Die Amazonen
Mathieu, M.J. 1777 Marthesie, première reine des Amazones

Méhul, E.N. 1811 Les Amazones

Nasolini, S. 1791 Ippolita, regina dell’ Amazzoni

Orlandini, G.M. 1718 Le Amazzoni vinte da Ercole

Ottani, B. 1784 Le Amazzoni
Pallavicino, C. 1679 Le Amazoni nell’ isole fortunate

Parma, V. 1904 Carine Amazonke
Pasquini, B. 1690 La Caduta del regno delle Amazone

Pavesi, B. 1809 Ippolita, regina delle Amazzoni

Scarlatti, A. 1689 L’Amazone corsara, ovvero L’Alvilda

Thys, A. 1845 L’Amazone

Trento, V. 1821 La Conqusista delle Amazoni

Viviani, G.B. 1681 Mitilene, regina della Amazzoni

Walpurgis, M.A. 1760 Talestri, regina delle Amazoni

AMORE:



-- e Psiche. Psiche is the personification of the human soul and representation of Immortality, sought by Amore or Cupido whom she lost through her own curiosity. Eventually restored to him and made immortal.

Abeille, J.C.L. 1800 Amor und Psyche

Agricola, J.F. 1768 Amore e Psiche

Badia, C.A. 1703 La Psiche

Bagaduroff, W.A. 1915 Eros und Psyche

Breni, T. 1645 La Psiche

Caldara, A. 1720 Psiche

Candeille, P.J. 1780 L’Amour et Psyché

Cavalli, P.F. 1642 Amore innamorato

Fux, J.J. 1720 Psiche

Gassmann, F.L. 1767 Amore e Psiche

Grovelez, G.M. 1922 Psyche

Kauer, F. 1817 Amor und Psyche

Keiser, R. 1701 Die wunderschöne Psyche

Lampe, J.F. 1734 Cupid and Psyche

Leardini, A. 1649 La Psiche

Lenoble, J. 1780 L’Amour et Psyché

Leo, L. 1738 Le Nozze di Amore e d i Psiche

Locke, M. 1675 Psyche

Lully, G.B. 1678 Psyché (w/. Corneille, Quinault, Moliére)

Marcello, B. 1711 Psiche

Méhul, E.N. 1790 Psyché et l’Amour

Pilati, A. 1856 L’Amour et Psyche

Roser, F. 1815 Amor und Psyche

Rössler, J. 1797 Psiche e Amore

Rozycki, L. 1917 Eros i Psyche

Saint-Amans, L.J. 1778 Psyché et l’Amour
Scacchi, M. 1634 L’Amore di Cupido e di Psyche

Scarlatti, A. 1683 Psiche, o veri Amore innamorato

Schuster, J. 1780 Amore e Psiche

Sciarrino, S. 1972 Amore e Psiche

Stevenson, J.A. 1810 Psyche

Thomas, C.L.A. 1857 Psyche

Traetta, T.M. 1773 Amore e Psiche

Vernon, A. 1956 Cupid and Psyche

Walch, G. 1652 Psyche

Wessely, K.B. 1789 Psyche

Winter, P. 1790 Psyché

Zenger, M. 1901 Eros und Psyche

ETTORE:



husband of Andromaca (the daughter of Eetion), father of Astyanax. Eventually became the wife of

Hector’s brother, Helenus. Text by Racine (1667).

Aurisiccho, A. 1752 Andromaca

Bertoni, F.G. 1771 Andromaca

Bioni, A. 1729 Andromaca

Caladara, A. 1724 Andromaca

Chiochetti, P.V. 1725 Andromaca

Ellerton, J.L. 1830 Andromaca

Feo, F. 1730 Andromaca

Grétry, A.E.M. 1780 Andromaque *

Lampugnani, G.B. 1748 Andromaca

Leo, L. 1742 Andromaca

Martin Y Soler, V. 1780 Andromaca

Nasolini, S. 1790 Andromaca

Paisiello, G. 1797 Andromaca

Parez, D. 1750 Andromaca

Pavesi, S. 1804 Andromaca

Pucitta, V. 1821 Andromaca

Raimondi, P. 1815 Andromaca

Rossini, G. 1819 Ermione *

Sacchini, A.M.G. 1761 Andromaca

Sarti, G. 1760 Andromaca

Scolari, G. 1757 Andromaca

Tozzi, A. 1765 Andromaca

Tritto, G. 1807 Andromaca e Pirro

Valentini, M. 1754 Andromaca

Windt, H. 1932 Andromache

PERSEO


-- e Andromeda, aughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. Chained to a rock to placate Neptune, she was

saved by her husband Perseus and placed among the stars by the goddess Athena.

Abos, G. 1749. Perseo ed Andromeda

Baumgartner, G. 1776 . Perseo ed Andromeda

Belli, D. 1618. Perseo ed Andromeda

Bernasconi, A. 1749. Perseo ed  Andromeda

Bononcini, A.M. 1702. Perseo ed Andromeda

Campeggi, R. 1618. Perseo ed Andromeda
Cocchi, G. 1755. Perseo ed Andromeda

Colla, G. 1771. Perseo ed Andromeda

Collins, A.V.B. 1935. Perseo ed Andromeda

Dassoucy, C.C. 1650. Perseo ed Andromeda

Druschetzky, G. 1787. Perseo ed Andromeda

Duncan, W.E. 1892. Perseo ed Andromeda

Elsner, E. 1807. Perseo ed Andromeda

Fioroillo, I. 1771. Perseo ed Andromeda

Franck, J.W. 1675 Die unvergleiche Andromeda

Franck, J.W. 1679. Andromeda und Perseus

Gazzaniga, G. 1775. Andromeda e Perseo

Giacobbi, G. 1610. Perseo ed Andromeda

Handel, G.F. 1749. Perseo ed Andromeda

Hasse, J.A. 1749. Perseo ed Andromeda

Haydn, F.J. 1775 Andromeda e Perseo

Ibert, J. 1929 Persée et Andromede

Jommelli, J. 1749 Andromeda

Kusser, J.S. 1692 Andromeda

Leo, L. 1742 Andromeda

Löwe, J.J. 1659 Andromeda

Lully, J.B. 1682 Presee

Manelli, F. 1637 Andromeda

Marescalchi, L. 1784 Andromeda e Perseo

Mattioli, A. 1665 Perseo

Maurice, P. 1924 Andromeda

Monteverdi, C. 1617 Andromeda

Naumann, J.G. 1792 Andromeda

Orlandini, G.M. 1738 Le Nozze di Perseo e di Andromeda

Pasirello, G. 1774 Andromeda

Pavesi, S. 1804 Andromeda

Persichini, P. 1777 Andromeda e perseo

Philidor, F.A.D. 1780 Persee

Predieri, L.A. 1738 Perseo

Reichardt, J.F. 1788 Andromeda

Rossi, M.A. 1638 Andromeda

Sacchini, A.M.G. 1774 Perseo
Sarro, D. 1749 Andromeda

Sarti, G. 1790 Andromeda

Schneider, J.C.F. 1807 Andromeda

Telemann, G.P. 1704 Perseus und Andromeda

Tortona, L. 1662 Andromeda

Trento, V. 1805 Andromeda

Wagenseil, G.C. 1749 Andromeda

Zimmermann, A. 1781 Andromeda und Perseus

Zingarelli, N. 1796 Andromeda

 EDIPO, POLINICE ED ANTIGONA:




Daughter of  Edipo, Antigona represents sisterly fidelity. (Text by Sophocles)

Brindle, R.S. 1972 Death of Antigone

Ghislanzoni, A. 1928 Antigone

Honneger, A. 1927 Antigone

Krejci, I. 1933 Antigonae

Liviabella, L. 1952 Antigonae

Orff, C. 1949 Antigonae

Pallantios, M. 1942 Antigone

Seymour, J.L. 1920 Antigone

TESEO




ED ARIANNA, daughter of King Minos of Crete, she fell in love with Theseus andgave him a sword to kill the Minotaur. They went to Naxos but he abandoned her there. Bacchus then married her and gave her a crown which transformed on her death into a celestial constellation.

Abos, G. 1748 Arianna e Teseo

Adolfati, A. 1750. Teseo ed Arianna

Anfossi, P. 1781 Il Trionfo d’Arianna

Badia, C.A. 1702.  L’Arianna abbandonata da Teseo.

Balbi, M. 1791 Arianna e Teseo

Benda, J.A.G. 1775 Ariadne auf Naxos

Benvenuti, N. 1810 Arianna e Teseo

Boero, F. 1920 Ariana e Dionisio

Bonacossi, F. 1641 Ariadne abbandonata da Teseo

Boniventi, C. 1719 Arianna abbandonata

Bossenberger, H.J. 1868 Ariadne auf Naxos

Bouvard, F. 1729 Ariane et Bacchus

Brambach, J.K. 1891 Ariadne

Broschi, R. 1731 Arianna e Teseo

Cafaro, P. 1766 Arianna e Teseo

Carcano, G. 1759 Arianna e Teseo

Conradi, J.G. 1691 Ariadne

Edelman, J.F. 1782 Ariane dans l’isle de Naxos

Ferrari, B. 1640 Arianna

Fischetti, D. 1777 Arianna e Teseo

Fisher, A. 1809 Theseus und Ariadne (w./ Seyfried)

Fux, J.J. 1726 La Corona d’Arianna

Galuppi, B. 1760 Arianna e Teseo

Galuppi, B. 1763 Arianna e Teseo

Grabu, L. 1674 Ariane, ou Le Mariage de Bacchus

Goehr, A. 1994 Arianna (Reworking of Monteverdi’s opera)

Handel, G.F. 1734 Arianna

Haug, H. 1943 Ariadne

Hess, L. 1909 Ariadne

Holzbauer, I.J. 1756 Le Nozze d’Arianna e di Bacco

Insanquine, G. 1773 Arianna e Teseo

Keiser, R. 1722 Ariadne

Klein, B. 1824 Ariadne

Kusser, J.S. 1692 Ariadne

Leo, L. 1721 Arianna e Teseo

Leo, L. 1728 Arianna

Majo, G. 1747 Arianna e Teseo

Marais, M. 1696 Ariane et Bacchus

Marcello, B. 1727 Arianna

Marinelli, G. 1786 Il Trionfo d’Arianna

Martinu, B. 1961 Ariadne

Massenet, J. 1906 Ariane
Mayr, J.S. 1815 Arianna in Nasso

Mazzoni, A.M. 1758 Arianna e Teseo

Milhaud, D. 1928 L’Abandon d’Ariane

Monteverdi, C. 1608 L’Arianna

Mouret, J.J. 1717 Ariane

Orlandini, G.M. 1739 Arianna

Paradies, M.T. 1791 Ariadne und Bacchus

Pasque, G. 1763 Arianna e Teseo

Pasquini, B. 1685 L’Arianna

Pescetti, G.B. 1750 Arianna e Teseo

Ponzo, G. 1762 Arianna e Teseo

Porpora, N.A. 1714 Arianna in Nasso

Porta, G. 1723 Arianna nell’isola di Nasso

Potjes, E. 1903 Ariane

Righini, V. 1793 Il Trionfo d’Arianna

Ristori, G.A. 1736 Arianna

Rocheforte, J.B. 1791 Ariana et Bacchus

Rothstein, J. 1903 Ariadne auf Naxos

Rubino, P. 1932 Il Filo d’Arianna

Sarti, G. 1756 Arianna e Teseo

Satzenhofer, F. 1803 Die travestierte Ariadne auf Naxos

Schmidt, A. 1958 Der Faden der Ariadne

Seyfried, I.X. 1809 Theseus und Ariadne (w./ Fisher)

Strauss, R. 1912 Ariadne auf Naxos

Tarchi, A. 1784 Arianna e Bacco

Weigl, T. 1803 Bacchus und Ariadne

Winter, P. 1792 I Sacrifizi di Creta

BACCO



e le Bacchae (or Maenads). Followers of Bacchus, the god of vine. Based on text by Euripide.

Ghedini, G.F. 1948 Le Baccanti

Henze, H.W. 1966 Die Bassariden

Valdambrini, F. 1971 Pentheus

Wellesz, E. 1931 Die Bachantinnen

ARCA E CALIPSO.




Calisto was an Arcadian nymph who was changed into a bear by Jupiter, as was her son, Arca. Jupiter

then turned them into constellations which are known as the Great Bear and Little Bear.

Cavalli, F. 1651 La Calisto

ULISSE E

--


Calypso. Queen of Ogygia, the island on which Ulysses was shipwrecked. She kept him there for

seven years with the promise of immortality. (See Telemachus).

CEFALO:




-- son of Hermes and Herse, accidentally shot his jealous wife (CEFALO RAPITO) Procri, daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens) who was spying on him in the woods.

Araia, F. 1755 Cephalus i Prokris

Benda, J.A.G. 1805 Cephalus und Prokris

Bonocini, G. 1704 Gli Amor di Cefalo e Procris

Bronner, G. 1694 Cephalus und Procris

Caccini, G. 1600 Il Rapimento di Cefalo

Capuzzi, G.A. 1792 Cefalo e Prokcri

Gilliers, J.C. 1711 Céphalus et Procris

Gretry, A.E.M. 1773 Céphalus et Procris, ou L’Amour conjugal

Hidalgo, J. 1660 Celos aun del aye matan

Johnsen, E.H.F. 1778 Procris och Cephal

Kaiser, R. 1694 Procris und Cephalus

Kerpen, F.H. 1783 Cephalus und Prokris

Krenek, E. 1933 Cefalo e Procri

Krieger, J.F. 1689 Cephalus und Procris

LaGuerre, E.J. 1694 Céphale et Procris

Mattioli, A. 1650 Il Ratto di Cefalo

Reichardt, J.F. 1777 Prokris und Cephalus

Schürmann, G.K. 1734 Prokris und Cephalus

Stuck, J.B. 1710 Cephale

ULISSE E Circe:




sorceress, sister of Aetes, who turned Ulysses’ friends into swine when they landed on the

isle of Aeaea. Ulysses resisted the spells with a herb concoction given to him by Mercury. see also Ulysses and Telemachus)

Albertini, G. 1785 Circe ed Ulisse

Anfossi, P. 1788 La Maga Circe

Astaritta, G. 1790 Circe ed Ulisse

Badia, C.A. 1709 Gli Amori di Circe con Ulisse

Beaujoyeulx, B. 1581 Le Ballet comique de la royne

Boniventi, G. 1711 Circe delusa

Brunal, R. 1903 Circe

Bungert, A. 1898 Kirke

Buongiorno, C. 1892 Circe e Calipso

Chapi, R. 1902 Circe

Cimarosa, D. 1782 Circe

Desmartes, H. 1694 Circe

Egk, W. 1948 Circe

Freschi, D. 1679 Circe

Gassaniga, G. 1786 Circe

Gilliers, J.C. 1705 Circe

Gluck, C.W. 1765 Telemacco, ossia L’Isola di Circe

Graupner, W. 1791 Circe

Hillemacher, P.L. 1907 Circe

Keiser, R. 1696 Circe, oder Ulysses erster Theil (see also Ulysses and Penelope) (first setting)

Keiser, R. 1734 Circe (second setting)

Mysilweczek, J. 1779 Circe

Orefice, A. 1713 Circe delusa

Paer, F. 1791 Circe

Peri, A. 1843 Circe

Perrino, M. 1819 Uliise nell’ isola di Circe
Pollarolo, C.F. 1692 Circe abbandonata da Ulisse

Romberg, B. 1807 Ulysses und Circe

Sabadini, B. 1692 Circe abbandonata da Ulisse

Stradella, A. 1667 Circe

Strungk, N.A. 1697 Circe

Taylor, R. 1783 Circe and Ulysses

Vernizzi, O. 1619 Ulisse e Circe
Visee, R. 169? Circe

Winter, P. 1788 Circe

Ziani, P.A. 1665 Circe

AGAMENNONE E

--

Clitemnestra. Agamemnon’s wife whose lover, Aegisthus, murdered him. She was slain by her son

Orestes. See also Orestes and Oresteia. Text by Aeschylus.

Antoniou, T. 1968 Clytemnestra

Eaton, J. 1980 The Cry of Clytemnestra

GIOVE E




Danae. Zeus had intercourse with Danae in the shape of a stream of gold which poured into her

lap through the roof of her prison, resulting in the birth of Perseus (founder of Mycenae).

Strauss, R. 1940 Die Liebe der Danae

APOLLO




e Dafne. Dafne pursued by Apollo (under the influence of a love dart from Eros), Daphne denied all

love. Turning to flee from Apollo she turned into a laurel bush.

Aldrovandini, G.A.V. 1696 Dafni

Astorga, E. 1709 Dafni

Barbazza, A. 1634 Apollo e Dafne

Bird, A. 1895 Daphne

Boismortier, J. 1748 Daphne

Bontempi, G.A. 1671 Die in Lorbeer verwandelte Daphne
Caccini, G. 1598 La Dafne

Caldara, A. 1719 Dafne

Cavalli, P.F. 1640 Gli Amori d’Apollo e di Dafne

Corsi, J. 1597 La Dafne

Duron, S. 1700 Apolo y Dafne

Ferron, A. 1892 Daphne

Fux, J.J. 1714 Dafni in lauro

Gagliano, G. 1608 La Dafne

Handel, G.F. 1708 Daphne

Hensel, J.D. 1799 Daphne

Legat de Furcy 1790 Apollon et Daphne

Mayer, A. 1782 Apollon et Daphne

Mulder, E.W. 1935 Dafne

Mulé, D. 1928 Dafni

Paschatti, G. 1634 Dafne cangiuto in lauro

Peranda, M.G. 1671 Die in Lorbeer verwandelte Daphne

Peri, J. 1597 La Dafne, Palazzo Corsi, Firenze. Peri played the role of Apollo.

Porta, G. 1738 Dafne

Reutter, J.A.K.G. 1734 Dafne

Sabadini, B. 1690 Gli Amori di Apollo e di Dafne

Scarlatti, A. 1700 Dafni

Schütz, H. 1627 Dafne

Stadler, E. 1866 Le Bois de Daphne

Strauss, R. 1938 Daphne

Valentini, P.F. 1623 La Transformazione di Dafne

Vernizzi, O. 1621 La Coronzione di Apollo per Dafne conversa in lauro

ENEA:

E DIDONE -- v. ENEA. ‘Dido’ is Virgil’s name for ‘Elissa’, Queen of Carthage. Fell in love with Aeneas who was compelled by Mercury to leave the quen. She then threw herself onto a funeral pyre.

(see also Aeneas)

Adolfati, A. 1747 Didone abbandonata

Albinoni, T. 1724 Didone abbandonata

Andreotti, G. 1784 Didone abbandonata

Anfossi, P. 1775 Didone abbandonata

Araia, F. 1758 Didone abbandonata

Arne, T.A. 1734 Dido and Aeneas

Astaritta, G. 1780 Didone abbandonata

Auletta, P. 1758 Didone abbandonata

Aurisicchio, A. 1745 Didone abbandonata

Berlioz, H. 1863 Les Troyens a Carthage

Bernasconi, A. 1738 Didone abbandonata

Bernasconi, A. 1756 Didone abbandonata

Bertoni, F.G. 1748 Didone abbandonata

Beveridge, T. 1958 Dido and Aeneas

Blangini, T. 1866 Didon

Bonno, J 1752 Didone abbandonata

Brivio, G.F. 1739 Didone abbandonata

Brunetti, G. 1759 Didone abbandonata

Capotorti, L. 1800 Enea in Cartagine

Caputi, A. 1754 Didone abbandonata

Cavalli, P.F. 1641 Didone abbandonata

Celoniat, L. 1769 Didone abbandonata

Cherubini, L. 1786 Didone abbandonata

Ciampi, V.L. 1754 Didone abbandonata

Colla, G. 1770 Enea in Cartagine (first setting)

Colla, G. 1773 Didone abbandonata (second setting)

Desmartes, H. 1693 Didon

Duni, E.R. 1739 Didone abbandonata

Fasch, F. 1712 Die getreue Dido

Ferrandini, A. 1760 Didone abbandonata

Fioravanti, V. 1810 Didone abbandonata

Fiorillo, I. 1751 Didone abbandonata

Fioroni, G.A. 1755 Didone abbandonata

Galluppi, B. 1740 Didone abbandonata

Galuppi, B. 1764 Didone abbandonata

Gazzaniga, G. 1787 Didone abbandonata

Gibella, F.C. 1680 Enea in Cartagine

Graupner, C. 1707 Dido, Königin von Darthago

Handel, G.F. 1737 Didone

Hasse, J.A. 1742 Didone abbandonata

Haydn, F.J. 1777 Didone abbandonata

Holtzbauer, I.J. 1779 Der Tod der Dido

Hook, J. 1771 Dido

Horn, C.E. 1828 Dido

Insanguine, G. 1770 Didone abbandonata

Jommelli, N. 1747 Didone abbandonata

Klein, B. 1823 Dido

Kozeluh, J.A. 1795 Didone abbandonata

Kraus, J.M. 1799 Aeneas I Carthago

Lampert, E. 1845 Dido

Lampugnani, G.B. 1739 Didone abbandonata

Lavranga, D. 1909 Dido

Litares, A. 1700 Dido y Eneas

Liverati, G. 1807 Enea in Cartagine

Majo, G.F. 1769 Didone abbandonata

Manna, G. 1751 Didone abbandonata

Marino, S. 1798 Didone abbandonata

Marshall-Hall, G.W.L. 190? Dido and Aeneas

Mattioli, A. 1656 Didone abbandonata

Mazzoni, A.M. 1752 Didone abbandonata

Mercadantes, S. 1823 Didone abbandonata

Mombelli, D. 1776 Didone abbandonata

Monza, C. 1784 Enea in Cartagine

Moratelli, S. 1688 Didone

Morolin, F. 1799 Le Seconde nozze di Didone

Mortellari, M.C. 1772 Didone abbandonata

Naumann, J.G. 1790 Didone
Neitzel, O. 1884 Dido

Ottani, B. 1779 Didone abbandonata

Paer, F. 1811 Didone abbandonata

Paganelli, G.A. 1738 Didone abbandonata

Paisiello, G. 1794 Didone abbandonata

Pallavicino, C. 1686 Didone delirante

Pederzuoli, G.B. 1685 Didone costante

Perez, D. 1747 Didone abbandonata

Piccinni, N. 1769 Didone abbandonata (first setting)

Piccinni, N. 1783 Didon (second setting)

Piticchio, F. 1780 Didone abbandonata

PonciniF.J. 1752 Didone abbandonata

Porpora, N.A. 1725 Didone abbandonata

Portugal, M.A. 1803 Didone abbandonata

Purcell, H. 1689 Dido and Aeneas

Reissiger, K.G. 1824 Didone abbandonata

Risori, G.A. 1748 Didone abbandonata

Sacchini, A.M.G. 1775 Didone abbandonata

Sarro, D. 1724 Didone abbandonata

Sarti, G. 1762 Didone abbandonata

Scalabrini, P. 1744 Didone abbandonata

Scarlatti, A. 1696 Didone delirante (first setting)

Scarlatti, A. 1724 Didone abbandonata (second setting)
Schiassi, G.M. 1735 Didone abbandonata

Schirer 1776 Didone abbandonata

Schuster, J. 1776 Didone abbandonata

Schwanenberg, J.G. 1765 Didone abbandonata

Scolari, G. 1752 Didone abbandonata

Scolari, G. 1763 Didone abbandonata

Storace, S. 1792 Dido, Queen of Carthage

Telemann, G.P. 1731 Die Flucht dea Aeneas nach Latien

Terradellas, D. 1750 Didone

Traetta, T.M. 1757 Didone abbandonata

Vinci, L. 1726 Didone abbandonata

Zanetti, F. 1766 Didone abbandonata

Ziani, P.A. 1680 Enea in Cartagine

Zoppis, F. 1758 Didone abbandonata

ORESTE

ed Electtra


daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, she assisted her brother Orestes in avanging

their father’s death by killing their mother.(see Orestes and Iphigenia. Text by Sophocles c.441 B.C.)

Lemoyne, J.B. 1782 Electre

Levy, M.D. 1967 Mourning becomes Electra

Strauss, R. 1909 Elektra

Euridice: wife of Orpheus; God of Music. Killed by a snake and taken to Tartarus (Hades) where

Oprheus went to claim her back. (see Orpheus)

Ecuba: mother of Cassandra; Queen of Troy. Text by Euripedes. See also ‘The Trojan Women’.

Malpiero. G.F. 1941 Ecuba

Martinon, J. 1956 Hécube

Elena: daughter of Zeus and Leda, wife of Meneleus (King of Sparta). Eloped with Paris, thus

bringing about the destruction of Troy. (see Homer’s

Illiad).

Offenbach, J. 1864 La Belle Helene Opera Buffa

Ercole: mighty Greek hero, son of Jupiter and Alcmena. Gained immortality by completing the

‘Twelve Labours of Hercules’. Killed by Deianira, his wife, and then placed among the

stars. (see also Alceste and Amazons)

Aglioti, P. 1799 Lcide in Culla

Albinoni, T. 1701 Diomede punito fatica d’ Ercole

Anonymous 1721 Hercule filiant

Ariosti, A. 1703 La Piu gloriosa fatica d’Ercole

Arne, T.A. 1766 The Birth of Hercules

Badia, C.A. 1708 Ercole vincitore di Gerione

Ballarotti, F. 1709 L’Alcide (w./ Gasparini/Pollarollo)

Bioni, A. 1730 Ercole sul Termodonte

Boretti, G.A. 1671 Ercole in Tebe

Bortniansky, D.S. 1778 Alcide

Caballero, M.F. 1881 Hazanes de Hercules

Cavalli, P.F. 1662 Ercole amante

Dauvergne, A.L. 1761 Hercule mourent

Dos Santos, L.X. 1778 Alcide al bivio

Dos Santos, L.X. 1785 Ercole sul Tago

Draghi, A. 1677 Ercole acquisitatore della immortalita

Eaton, J. 1968 Heracles

Fiore, S.A. 1710 Ercole in cielo

Fux, J.J. 1710 La Decima fatica d’Ercole

Gasparini, F. 1709 L’Alcide (w./ Ballaroti/ Pollarollo)

Gluck, C.W. 1747 Le Nozze d’Ercole e d’Ebe

Gräfe, J.F. 1771 Herkules auf dem Oeta

Graff, K. 1859 Herkules

Graupner, C. 1708 Il Fido amico, oder Der getreue Freund, Herkules und Theseus

Greene, M. 1740 The Judgement of Hercules

Haffner, J.C.F. 1793 Alcides inträde i verladen

Hasse, J.A. 1746 Lo Sternuto d’Ercole

Hasse, J.A. 1760 Alcide al bivio

Heinichen, J.D. 1714 Herkules

Käfer, J.P. 1716 Herkules

Keiser, R. 1700 Herkules und Hebe

Krieger, J.P. 1694 Herkules unter den Amazonen

Lacepede, B.G.E.L. 1771 Omphale

Langle-Langlois, H.F. 1801 Le Choix d’Alcide

Leroux, X.H.N. 1901 Astarte

Lima, J.F. 1785 Le Nozze d’Ercole e d’Ebe

Lully, L. 1693 Alcide (w./ Marais)

Majo, G.F. 1764 Alcide negli Orti Esperidi

Manelli, F. 1651 Ercole nell’Erimanto

Marais, M. 1693 Alcide (w./ Lully)

Martino, D. 1929 Ercole

Mauprey, A. 1912 Alcide

Mayr, J.S. 1803 Ercole in Lidia

Mayr, J.S. 1809 Ercole in Lidia

Mayr, J.S. 1816 Le Feste d’Ercole

Melani, J. 1661 Ercole in Tebe

Mercadante, S. 1819 L’Apotesi d’Ercole
Mestrozzo, P. 1887 Die Familie Herkules (w./ Wallner)

Nasolini, S. 1791 Ercole in Termodonte

Orlandini, G.M. 1718 Le Amazzoni vinte da Ercole

Paisiello, G. 1780 Alcide al bivio

Pavesi, S. 1809 Ippolita, regina delle Amazzoni

Peri, Jacopo. 1600. "Iole ed Ercole", Firenze.

Peri, Jacopo. 1605 "Il Natale d’Ercole", Firenze.

Piccinni, N. 1793 Ercole in Termodonte

Pollarollo, C.F. 1709 L’Alcide (w./ Gasparini/ Ballaroti)

Pollarolo, C.F. 1695 Ercole in cielo

Porpora, N.A. 1744 Le Nozze d’Ercole e d’Ebe

Provenzale, F. 1679 La Fatiche d’Ercole per Deianira

Rampini, G. 1715 Ercole sul Termodonte

Reeve, W. 1794 Hercules and Omphale (w./ Shield)

Reichardt, J.F. 1804 Der Tod dea Herkules

Reutter, J.G. 1729 Alcide trasformato in dio

Righini, V. 1790 Alcide al bivio

Rodriguez, P. 166? Hercules y Anteo

Roques, L. 1869 Hercues au pieds d’Omphale

Rovetta, P.G. 1645 Ercole in Lidia

Sabadini, B. 1688 L’Ercole trionfante

Saint-Saëns, C. 1911 Dejanire

Sartorio, A. 1678 Ercole sul Termodonte

Schmittbauer, J.A. 1771 Herkules auf dem Oeta

Schürer, J.G. 1747 Ercole sul Termodonte

Schweitzer, A. 1771 Herkules auf dem Oeta

Schwietzer, A. 1773 Die Wahl des Herkules

Shield, W. 1794 Hercules and Omphale (w./ Reeve)

Staudinger, J.G. 1781 Die Wahl des Herkules

Steffani, A. 1689 La Lotta d’Ercole con Achelao

Stiavia, D. 1657 Ercole perseguitato

Tarchi, A. 1790 L’Apotesio d’Ercole

Telemann, G.P. 1724 Omphale

Terrasse, C. 1901 Les Travaux d’Hercule

Vasseur, L. 1896 Le Royaume d’Hercules

Vivaldi, A. 1723 Ercole sul Termodonte

Wallner, H.M. 1887 Die Familie Herkules (w./ Mestrozzo)

Wilderer, J.H. 1697 Quinto Fabio Massimo

Wolfram, J.M. 1825 Herkules

Ziani, M.A. 1706 L’Ercole vincitore dell’invidia

Ziani, P.A. 1662 La Fatiche d’Ercole per Deianira

Zingarelli, N. 1789 Alcide al bivio

IPPOLITO: bastard son of Theseus with Hippolyte (an Amazon). Text by Euripides.
Bell, W.H. 1920 Hippolytus
Drysdale, L. n/k Hippolytus

Humphreys, H. 1981 Sea-Thorn

Rameau, J-P. 1733 Hippolyte et Aricie

Senilov 1915 Hippolytus

Idomeneo: king of Crete

Campra, A. 1712 Idomenée

Della Maria, P.A.D. 1784 Idomenée

Farinelli, G. 1811 Idomeneo

Federici, V. 1806 Idomeneo

Fuchs, J.N. 1879 Idomeneus, König von Kreta

Galuppi, B. 1756 Idomeneo

Gazzaniga, G. 1790 Idomeneo

Mozart, J.C.W.A. 1781 Idomeneo, re di Creta

Paer, F. 1794 Idomeneo

Paisiello, G. 1792 Il Ritorno d’Idomeneo in Creta

Petrilli, R. 1712 Idomeneo

Rolle, J.H. 1782 Idamante, oder Das Gelübe

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Ifigenia

Daughter of Agamemnon. Under the pretext of her marriage Achilles, Agamemnon sent

Iphigenia to be sacrificed to appease Artemis. She survived and an animal was sent in

her place. Two main Euripedean text sources are Iphigenia in Aulis and Iphigenia in

Taurus.

Abos, G. 1745 Ifigenia in Aulide

Agricola, J.F. 1765 Ifigenia in Tauride

Aliprandi, B. 1739 Iphigenia

Araia, F. 1758 Ifigenia in Tauride

Arne, T.A. 1750 The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Avossa, G. 1745 Ifigenia in Aulide

Benitou, P. 1968 Jertfirea Ifigeniei

Bertoni, F.G. 1762 Ifigenia in Aulide

Caldara, A. 1718 Ifigenia in Aulide

Campra, A. 1704 Iphegénie Tauride

Carafa, M. 1817 Ifigenia in Tauride

Cherubini, L. 1788 Ifigenia in Aulide

Coletti, A.B. 1707 Ifigenia in Aulide

Curcio, G.M. 1799 Ifigenia in Aulide

Danzi, F. 1807 Ifigenia in Aulide

Desmarets, H. 1704 Iphegénie Tauride

Federici, V. 1809 Ifigenia in Aulide

Federici, V. 1804 Ifigenia in Tauride

Franchi, C. 1766 Ifigenia in Aulide

Galuppi, B. 1768 Ifigenia in Tauride

Giordani, G. 1786 Ifigenia in Aulide

Gluck, C.W. 1774 Iphigénie en Aulide

Gluck, C.W. 1779 Iphegénie Tauride

Graun, C.H. 1748 Ifigenia in Aulide

Guglielmi, P.A. 1768 Ifigenia in Aulide

Jommelli, N. 1751 Ifigenia in Aulide

Jommelli, N. 1771 Ifigenia in Tauride

Käfer, J.P. 1716 Iphegenia

Keiser, R. 1699 Die Wunderbar-errettet Iphigenia

Löwe, J.J. 1661 Iphigenia

Majo, G.F. 1762 Ifigenia in Aulide

Majo, G.F. 1764 Ifigenia in Tauride

Martin y Soler, V. 1779 Ifigenia in Aulide

Mayr, J.S. 1806 Ifigenia in Aulide

Mayr, J.S. 1811 Il Sacrifizio d’Ifigenia (Second setting)

Mayr, J.S. 1817 Ifigenia in Tauride

Mazzoni, A.M. 1756 Ifigenia in Tauride

Mei, R. 1786 Ifigenia in Aulide

Moneta, G. 1789 Il Sacrifizio d’Ifigenia

Monza, C. 1784 Ifigenia in Tauride

Mosca, G. 1799 Ifigenia in Aulide

Orlandini, G.M. 1732 Ifigenia in Aulide

Orlandini, G.M. 1719 Ifigenia in Tauride

Parolini, P.G. 1819 Ifigenia in Aulide

Piccinni, N. 1781 Iphegénie Tauride

Pizzetti, I., 1950 Ifegenia

Pleyel, I.J. 1785 Ifigenia in Aulide

Porpora, N.A. 1735 Ifigenia in Aulide

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Porta, G. 1738 Ifigenia in Aulide

Prati, A. 1784 Ifigenia in Aulide

Pündter, L.B. 1779 Iphigenia

Reutter, J.A.K.J. 1735 Il Sacrifizio in Aulide

Rossi, L. 1784 Ifigenia in Aulide

Salari, F. 1776 Ifigenia in Aulide

Sarti, G. 1777 Ifigenia in Aulide

Scarlatti, A. 1713 Ifigenia in Aulide

Scarlatti, D. 1713 Ifigenia in Tauride

Tarchi, A. 1785 Ifigenia in Aulide

Tarchi, A. 1785 Ifigenia in Tauride

Traetta, T.M. 1753 Ifigenia in Aulide

Traetta, T.M. 1763 Ifigenia in Tauride

Trento, V. 1804 Ifigenia in Aulide

Uttini, F.A.B. 1778 Iphigénie

Vinci, L. 1725 Ifigenia in Tauride

Zingarelli, N. 1787 Ifigenia in Aulide

Giasone

Son of the Thessalian King Aeson; leader of the Argonautis claim of the Golden Fleece

from Aetes, King of Colchis. Aided and abbetted by Aetes’ daughter, Medea, who he then

deserted for Cresa. (see also Medea).

Acciajoli, F. 1671 Il Novello Giasone

Andreozzi, G. 1784 Giasone e Medea

Bach, P. 1876 Medea

Bastide, P. 1911 Médée

Benda, J.A.G. 1775 Medea

Bernabei, E. 1674 La Conquista dell’ Vello d’Oro

Bononcini, A.M. 1717 La Conquista dell’ Vello d’Oro

Brunetti, G. 1768 Jason.ossia La Conquista del Vellocino

Brusa, G.F. 1726 Medea e Giasone

Bryars, G. 1982 Medea

Buschop, J.A.G. 1874 La Toison d’Or

Canonica, P. 1953 Medea

Cavalli, P.F. 1649 Giasone

Celli, F. 1838 Medea

Charpentier, M.A. 1693 Médée

Cherubini, L. 1797 Médée

Coccia, C. 1815 Medea e Giasone

Colasse, P. 1696 Jason, ou La Toison d’Or

DiGiovanni, R. 1955 Medea

Draghi, A. 1678 La Conquista dell’ Vello d’Oro

Elkus, J. 1970 Medea

Engel, L. 1935 Medea

Farberman, H. 1961 Medea

Fontenelle, G. 1813 Médée et Jason

Framery, N.E. 1790 Médée

Gazzaniga, G. 1787 Gli Argonauti in Colce

Gazzaniga, G. 1790 Giasone e Medea (second setting)

Gebel, G. 1752 Medea

Guidi-Drei, C. 1973 Medea

Handel, G.F. 1713 Teseo

Henderson, A. 1972 Medea

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Holmes, A.M.A. 1881 Les Argonauts

Isola, G. 1791 La Conquista dell’ Vello d’Oro

Keiser, R. 1720 Jason

Kerll, J.K. 1662 Medea vendicativo

Kovach, A. 1967 Medea

Krempelsetzer, G. 1866 Das Orakel

Kusser, J.S. 1692 Jason

Langlé-Langlois, H.F. 1805 Médée

Lees, B. 1974 Mdea in Corinth

Lirou, J.F.E. 1775 Jason

Luke, R.E. 1979 Medea

Malpiero, G.F. 1950 Mondi celesti e infernali

Marinelli, G. 1792 La Vendetta di Medea

Mayr, J.S. 1813 Medea in Corinto

Mele, G.B. 1748 Il Vello d’Oro conquistato

Mercadante, S. 1851 Medea

Milhaud, D. 1939 Médée

Müller, W. 1822 Die neue Medea

Mysliweczek, J. 1764 Medea

Naumann, J.G. 1788 Medea in Colcide

Osterc, S. 1931 Medea

Pacini, G. 1843 Medea

Pavesi, S. 1804 La Vendetta di Medea

Perez, D. 1744 Medea

Piticchio, F. 1798 La Vendetta di Medea

Psecetti, G.B. 1738 La Conquista dell’ Vello d’Oro

Quintieri, G. 1931 Il Vello d’Oro

Rommasini, V. 1906 Medea

Roncaglia, B. 1654 La Nave d’Argo

Rösler, J. 1810 Jasons Vermählung

Salomon 1713 Médée et Jason

Schürmann, G.K. 1707 Giasone

Scolari, G. 1749 Il Vello d’Oro

Selli, P. 1839 Medea in Corinto

Silva, A. 1735 Os Encantos de Medea

Sordelli, G. 1745 La Conquista dell’ Vello d’Oro

Tintori, G. 1961 Medea Senecae Fragmina

Vento, M. 1767 La Conquista dell’ Vello d’Oro

Vogel, J.C. 1786 Le Toison d’Or

Winter, P. 1798 Medea und Jason

Zanettini, A. 1675 Medea in Atene

Lisistrata

Tale by Aristophanes that portrays the women of Athens teaming up with the women of

Sparta to force their husbands to end the Peloponnesian War.

Lysistrata is the principal character and spokesperson for the women.

? 1963-7 Lysitrata and the War ? collaborative production planned by

Wayne State University; Detroit.

Dendrino, G. 1960 Lysistrata

Dutacq, A. 1892 Lysistrata

Feautrier, E. 1885 Lysistrata

Gunsbourg, R. 1923 Lysistrata

Hiles, F. 1885 War in the Household

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Husson, A. 1972 Lysistrata

Kalmanoff, M. 1959 Lizzie Strotter

Kirk, T. 1972 The Lib: 393 B.C.

Kont, P. 1961 Lystrate

Lincke, P. 1902 Lysistrata

Schubert, F.P. 1823 Die Verschworenen,

oder das häusliche Krieg

Medea

Sorceress, daughter of Aetes, King of Colchis, who decevied him to help Jason gain the

Golden Fleece. He then deserted her so she killed his new wife and their childern with a

poisoned garment and married Aegeus , the father of Theseus. Later tried to make Aegeus

poison his own son but was discovered and fled. (see also Jason)

Text by Euripedes

Andreozzi, G. 1784 Giasone e Medea

Bach, O. 1876 Medea

Bastide, P. 1911 Medea

Benda, J.A.G. 1775 Medea

Brusa, G.F. 1726 Medea e Giasone

Bryars, G. 1982 Medea

Canonica, P. 1953 Medea

Cavalli, P. 1649 Giasone

Celli, F. 1838 Medea

Charpentier, M.A. 1693 Médée

Cherubini, L. 1797 Médée

Coccia, C. 1815 Medea e Giasone

DiGiovanni, R. 1955 Medea

Elkus, J. 1970 Medea

Engel, L. 1935 Medea

Farberman, H. 1961 Medea

Fontenelle, G. 1813 Médée et Jason

Framéry, N.E. 1790 Médée

Gazzaniga, G. 1790 Giasone e Medea

Gebel, G. 1752 Medea

Guidi-Drei, C. 1973 Medea

Handel, G.F. 1713 Teseo

Henderson, A. 1972 Medea

Kerll, J.K. 1662 Medea

Kovach, A. 1967 Medea

Krempelsetzer, G. 1866 Das Orakel in Delphi

Kusser, J.S. 1692 Jason

Langlé-Langlois, H.F. 1805 Médée

Lees, B. 1974 Medea in Corinth

Luke, R.E. 1979 Medea

Malpiero, G.F. 1950 Mondi celesti e infernali

Marinelli, G. 1792 La Vendetta di Medea

Mayr, J.S. 1813 Medea in Corinto

Mercadante, S. 1851 Medea

Milhaud, D. 1939 Médée

Müller, W. 1822 Die neue Medea

Mysliweczek, J. 1764 Medea

Naumann, J.G. 1788 Medea in Colchide

Osterec, S. 1931 Medea

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Pacini, G. 1843 Medea

Pavesi, S. 1804 La Vendetta di Medea

Perez, D. 1744 Medea

Piticchio, F. 1798 La Vendetta di Medea

Salomon 1713 Médée et Jason

Selli, P. 1839 Medea in Corinto

Silva, A. 1735 Os Encantos de Medea

Tintori, G. 1961 Medea Senecae Fragina

Tommasini, V. 1906 Medea

Winter, P. 1789 Medea und Jason

Zanettini, A. 1675 Medea in Atene

Nausicaa

Daughter of Alcinous, King of the Phaecians, who entertains Ulysses when he is

shipwrecked. Text from Homer’s

Odyssey.

Bungert, A. 1901 Nausikaa

Glanville-Hicks, P. 1961 Nausicaa

Hahn, R. 1919 Nausicaa

Reutter, H. 1967 Nausikaa

Ulisse

(see Ulysses)

Edipo

Theban hero who guessed the riddle of the Sphynx and so became King of Thebes.

(Texts based on Oedipus at Colonnus (c.401 B.C.) and Oedipus Tyrannus (c. 430 B.C.)

by Sophocles

Aytano, A. 1932 Edipo re

Bastide, P. 1934 Oedipe-Roi

Desaugier, M.A. 1779 Le Petit Oedipe

Eder, H. 1960 Oedipus

Enesco, G. 1936 Oedipe

Gebel, G. 1751 Oedipus

Kovarivic, K. 1894 Edip kral

Lassen, E. 1874 Oedipus in Kolonus

Leoncavallo, R. 1920 Edipo re

Mereaux, N.J. 1791 Oedipe a Thebes

Orff, C. 1959 Oedipus der Tyrann

Sacchini, A.M.G. 1786 Oedipe à Colonne

Soler, J. 1974 Oedipus e Jocasta

Stravinsky, I. 1927 Oedipus Rex

Torri, P. 1729 Edipo a Colona

Travis, R. 1968 The Passion of Oedipus

Zingarelli, N. 1802 Edipo a Colona

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Olympie

Daughter of Statira and Alexander, who plans to marry Cassander but then discovers

that he killed her father. (Story by Voltaire)

Spontini, G.L.P. 1819 Olympie

Oresteia

Tale by Aeschylus. See also Agamemnon, Orestes, and Clytemnesta.

Demuth, N. 1950 The Oresteia

Guglielmi, F. 1905 Le Eumendidi

Lim, L. 1993 The Oresteia

Storm, R. 1958 El Regresso

Taneiev, E.A. 1895 Oresteia

Weiss, A. 1973 The Libation Bearers

ORESTE: son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon who killed his mother to revenge his father’s death,

he was pursued by the Furies until purified by Minerva. (see also Electra and Iphiginia)

Agricola, J.F. 1772 Oreste e Pilade

Alberti, C. 1872 L’Oreste

Badings, H. 1954 Orestes

Bordese, L. 1892 Oreste e Pylade

Caldara, A. 1718 La Forza dell’amicizia in Oreste e Pilade

Cimarosa, D. 1783 L’Oreste

Demuth, N. 1950 The Orestes
Federici, V. 1804 L’Oreste in Tauride

Feo, F. 1738 L’Oreste

Galliard, J.E. 1749 Oreste e Pilade

Guglielmi, F. 1905 Le Eumendidi

Handel, G.F. 1734 Oreste

Horzizky, F. 1786 L’Oreste

Krenek, E. 1930 Das Lebendes Orest

Kreutzer, K. 1818 Orestes

Langle-Langlois, H.F. 1783 Oreste et Tyndaro

Micheli, B. 1722 L’Oreste

Moneta, G. 1798 Oreste

Monza, C. 1766 Oreste

Morlacchi, F. 1808 L’Oreste

Perez, D. 1744 Oreste

Perti, G. 1685 Oreste

Pollarolo, C.F. 1697 Oreste

Reutter, J.A.K.G. 1718 La Forza dell’amicizia in Oreste e Pilade

Testi, F. 1956 Li Fuore di Oreste

Thys, A. 1844 Oreste et Pylade

Weingartner, P.F. 1902 Oreste

ORFEO: god of music, husband of Euridice who he loved so much that he followed her to Hades after her untimely death to try and save her. Based on Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’

Akutagaw, Y. 1970 Orpheus in Hiroshima

Amendola, G. 1788 Orfeo

Asplmayr. 1780 Orpheus & Euridice

Austin, J. 1967 Orpheus

Bach, J.C. 1770 Orfeo ed Euridice

Bachmann, G. 1798 Der Tod des Orpheus

Barthelemon, F.H. 1767 Orpheus

Belli, D. 1616 Il Pianto d’Orfeo

Benda, F.W.H. 1785 Orpheus

Benda, J.A.G. 1789 Orpheus (second setting; first lost)

Bertoni, F.G. 1776 Orfeo ed Euridice

Bianchi, R. 1938 Proserpina

Caccini, G and Peri, J. 1600 Euridice

Caccini, G. 1602 Euridice

Campra, A. 1699 Orfeo nell’ inferni

Cannabich, C.A. 1802 Orpheus

Casella, A. 1932 La Favola d’Orfeo

Charpentier, G. 1972 Orpheus

D’Arquino, C. 1652 Orfeo

D’Azevedo 1907 Orpheus Dood

Damase, J.M. 1972 Eurydice

Dauvergne, A.L. 1770 La Mort d’Orpheé

Deshayes, P.D. 1794 Le Petit Orphée

Dessau, P. 1930 Orpheus

DiDia, G. 1676 Orfeo

Dittersdorf, K. 1787 Orpheus der Zweite

Draghi, A. 1683 La Lira d’Orfeo

Ducasse, R. n/k Orphée

Ferrari, B. 1637 Orfeo

Fomin, E.I. 1790 Orpheus

Fux, J.J. 1715 Orfeo ed Euridice

Gabold, I. 1970 Seven Visions to Orpheus

Gast, P. 1881 Orpheus und Dionysos

Gluck, C.W. 1762 Orfeo ed Euridice

Grassi, B. 1631 Orfeo

Graun, C.H. 1752 Orfeo ed Euridice

Guglielmi, P.A. 1770 Orfeo

Haug, H. 1955 Orphée

Haydn, F.J. 1791 Orfeo ed Euridice

Hill, J. 1740 Orpheus

Hulshohn-Droste, M. 1791 Der Tod des Orpheus

Kanne, F.A. 1807 Orpheus

Kauer, F. 1813 Orpheus und Euridice

Keiser, R. 1698 Orpheus

Konradin, K.F. 1867 Orpheus im Dorfe

Krenek, E. 1926 Orpheus und Eurydike

Krieger, J.P. 1683 Orpheus und Euridice

Kuhnau, J. 1689 Orpheus

Lamberti, L. 1791 Orfeo

Lampe, J.F. 1740 Orpheus and Euridice

Landi, S. 1619 La Morte d’Orfeo

Locke, M. 1673 Orpheus and Euridice

Lopez, A. 1660 Euridice y Orfeo

Lorentzen, B. 1969 Euridice

Löwe, J.J. 1659 Orpheus aus Thracien

Lully, L. 1690 Orphée

Lupi, R. 1957 La Nuova Euridice

Malpiero, G.F. 1915 L’Orpheide

Milhaud, D. 1926 Les Malheurs d’Orfée

Monteverdi, C. 1607 La Favola d’Orfeo

Morolin, F. 1796 Orfeo ed Euridice

Naumann, J.G. 1786 Orpheus og Euridice

Offenbach, J. 1858 Orpheé aux enfers

Orff, C. 1940 Orpheus

Paer, F. 1791 Orphée et Euridice

Porsile, C. 1682 Orfeo

Provenzale, F. 1677 Orfeo

Ramous, G. 1960 Orfeo A.D.MCMXLVII

Reeve, W. 1792 Orpheus and Euridice

Respighi, O. 1935 Orfeo

Rieti, V. 1928 Orfeo tragedia

Ristori, G.A. 1749 I Lamenti d’Orfeo
Rossi, L. 1647 L’ Orfeo

Rypdal, T. 1972 Orfeus

Sabadini, B. 1694 L’Orfeo

Santinelli, A. 1660 Gli Amori di Orfeo ed Euridice

Sartorio, A. 1672 L’Orfeo

Savino, A. 1950 Orfeo vedovo

Schipa, T. 1970 Orfeo 9

Teleman, J.P. 1726 Orpheus

Torelli, L. 1781 Orfeo

Tozzi, A. 1789 Orfeo ed Euridice

Trento, V. 1789 Orfeo negli Elisi

Valentini, P.F. 1620 La Matra

Wagenseil, G.C. 1740 I Lamenti d’Orfeo

Weldon, J. 1710 Orpheus and Euridice

Zarlino, G. 1647 Orfeo ed Euridice

PENELOPE: character from The Odyssey by Homer; the wife of Ulysses who waits 20 years for his

return from the Trojan Wars. (see also Ulysses)

Chelleri, F. 1716 Penelope la Casta

Cimarosa, D. 1794 La Penelope

Conti, F.B. 1724 Penelope

Draghi, A. 1670 La Casta Penelope

Fauré, G.U. 1913 Pénèlope

Fiore, S.A. 1707 La casta Penélope

Galuppi, B. 1741 Penelope

Keiser, R. 1696 Penelope, oder Ulysses zweiter Theil (see

Ulysses for second setting)

Liebermann. R. 1954 Penelope

Niccolini, F. 1685 Penelope la Casta

Palavicino, C. 1685 Penelope la Casta

Perti, G.A. 1696 Penelope la Casta

Piccinni, N. 1785 Penelope

Portugal, M.A. 1818 Penelope

Rota, G. 1866 Penelope

Scarlatti, A. 1696 Penelope la Casta

Verocaj, C. 1740 Penelope

FEDRA: daughter of King Minos of Crete, she fell in love with her stepson, Hippolytus. Mother of

Demophon and Acamas. Text by Jean Racine (1639-1699)

Lemoyne, J.B. 1786 Phédre

FILEMONE: with Bauci, aged couple who gave shelter to two gods in disguise. In return the gods granted the couple’s wish that they would die at the same time.

Agathe, K.C. 1791 Philemon und Baucis

Böhm, J. 1776 Philemon und Baucis

Cordeiro da Silva, J. 1789 Bauce e Filemone

Gossec, F.J. 1775 Philémon et Baucis

Gounod, C. 1859 Philémon et Baucis

Haydn, F.J. 1773 Philemon und Baucis

Kaffka, J.C. 1792 Philemon und Bauce

Matho, J.B. 1703 Philémon et Baucis

Monsigny, PA. 1766 Baucis et Philémon

Schweitzer, A. 1771 Philemon und Baucis

Spindler, F.S. 1788 Philemon und Baucis

Stegmann, K.D. 1778 Philemon und Baucis

PLUTO: The son of Iasion and Demeter, associated with Irene, the goddess of peace. Was blinded

by Jupiter so that he would bestow his gifts on all men, good and bad.

Mamangakis, Nikos 1965 Plutos

PRIAMO: king of Troy; father of Paris and Hector, husband of Hecuba. Pleaded with Achilles for

the body of his dead son, Hector, but eventually he too was killed by Achilles.

Tippett, M. 1961 King Priam

PROMETEO: Titan God, nailed to Mount Caucasus on the orders of Zeus, for giving fire to mankind. Text based on Aeschylus.

Cortese, L. 1951 Prometeo

Hanus, J. 1965 Pochoden Prometheova

Orff, C. 1968 Prometheus

Wagner-Régeny, R. 1959 Prometheus

PIRAMO: Ill-fated lover of Tisbe. They run away together. Pyramus sees Thisbe’s cloak covered in blood and assumes her dead so he kills himself. Thisbe returns and does likewise.

Andreozzi, G. 1803 Pyramo e Tisbe

Bandelloni, L. 1800 Pyramo e Tisbe

Bianchi, F. 1783 Pyramo e Tisbe

Bierey, G.B. 1811 Pyramus und Thisbe

Bonni, J. 1757 Colloquio amoroso fra Pyramo e Tisbe

Borghi, G.B. 1783 Pyramo e Tisbe

Britten, B. 1960 A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Bruce, M. 1967 Pyramus und Thisbe

Eberl, A. 1794 Pyramus und Thisbe
Eisrich, K.T. 1816 Pyramus und Thisbe

Françoeur, F. 1726 Pyrame et Thisbé (w./ Rebel, F.)

Fuss, J.E. 1800 Pyramus und Thisbe

Gellert, L. 1872 Pyramus und Thisbe

Ghisi, F. 1955 Pyramus und Thisbe

Hasse, J.A. 1768 Pyramo e Tisbe

Koning, S. 1714 Piramus en Thisbe

Kusser, J.S. 1694 Pyramus und Thisbe

Lampe, J.F. 1745 Pyramus and thisbe

Leveridge, P. 1716 Pyramus and Thisbe

Manfroce, N.A. 1811 Pyramo e Tisbe

Mison, L. 1760 Pyramo y Tisbe

Rauzzini, V. 1775 Pyramo e Tisbe

Rebel, F. 1726 Pyrame et Thisbé (w./ Françoeur)

Rochefort, J.B. 1785 Pyrame et Thisbé

Rossi, Giuseppe 1792 Pyramo e Tisbe

Sforza, R. 1825 Pyramo e Tisbe

Spindler, F.S. 1785 Pyramus und Thisbé

Trémisot, E. 1904 Pyrame et Thisbé

Türk, D.G. 1787 Pyramus und Thisbe

Vavalli, G. 1904 Tisbe

Weil, O. 1879 Pyramus und Thisbe
Zorlig, K. 1912 Pyramus und Thisbe

SATYRICON: comic “Satire”, which ‘stars’ Ariadne and Minotaurs but is really a commentary on Roman politics and culture. Text by Petrionius.

Bentzon, J. 1944 Saturnalia

Fortner, W. 1952 Die Witwe von Ephesus

Hurd, M. 1971 The Widow of Ephesus

Maderna, B. 1973 Satyricon

Reutter, H. 1954 Die Witwe von Ephesus

Ten Brink, J. 1970 Calonice

Zanon, S. 1946 La Matrona di Efeso

SEMIRAMIDE: queen of Goddesses; the mother of all Roman and Greek Gods, although not a character that is fully integrated into Greek drama or myth. Semiramis is the Greek name, originating from a real queen called "Sammu-ramat", who was the mother of the Assyrian king Adad-Nirari III (reigned 810-783 B.C.) Tale by Voltaire as well as known story. Text on her story by Voltaire. Operatic examples include:

Gluck. C.W. 1748 Semiramis

Handel, G.F. 1733 Semiramide

Meyerbeer, G. 1819 Semiramide

Respighi, O. 1910 Semirama

Rossini, G. 1823 Semiramide

Scarlatti, A. 1701 Semiramide

Vivaldi, A. 1732 Semiramide

TELEMACO: only son of Ulysses and Penelope who helped his father slay Penelope’s suitors. Text from Homer’s

Odyssey. See Circe.

Ahlefedt, M.T. 1792 Telemak paa Galypsos Øe

Bertoni, F.G. 1776 Telemaco nell’isola di Calipso

Bishop, H.R. 1815 Telemachus and Calypso

Boieldieu, F.A. 1806 Télèmâque

Calegari, A. 1792 Telemacco in Sicilia

Campra, A. 1704 Telemaque

Carcano, G. 1749 Telemaco

Cipolla, F. 1785 Telemaco e Calipso

Cordeiro da Silva, J. 1764 Telemacco

Destouches, A. 1714 Télèmâque

Draghi, A. 1702 Il Telemacco, ossia Il Valore coroato

Galliard, J.E. 1712 Calypso and Telemachus

Gazzaniga, G. 1776 Gli Errori di Telemaco

Gilliers, J.C. 1715 Télèmâque

Gluck, C.W. 1765 Il Telemacco, ossia L’Isola di Circe

Graupner, C. 1711 Telemach

Grua, F.P. 1780 Telemaco

Guglielmi, P.A. 1775 Telemaco

Hofmeister, F.A. 1795 Der Königsshon asu Ithaka

Kozeluch, L. 1798 Telemach auf der Insel Ogygia

Leseur, J.F. 1796 Télèmâque dans l’isle de Calypso

Mayr, J.S. 1797 Telemaco nell’isola di Calipso

Mercadante, S. 1824 Le Nozze di Telemaco

Meucci,G.V. 1773 Telemaco nell’isola di Calipso

Müller, Ad. 1817 Der travestierte Telemach

Rebora, N.A. 1885 Una Avventura di Telemacco

Rogel, J. 1866 El Joven Telémaco

Scarlatti, A. 1718 Telemaco

Schiff. 1901 Les Aventures de Télèmâque

Schürmann, G.K. 1706 Télèmâque

Sor, F. 1797 Telemaco nell’isola di Calipso

Traetta, T.M. 1777 Telemaco

Triebensee, J. 1824 Telemach auf der Insel Ogygia

TROILO: son of Priam; King of Troy, in love with Cressida, daughter of Calchas. Text by Wm. Shakespeare (1601)

Walton, W. 1954 Troilus and Cressida

Zillig, W. 1951 Troilus und Cressida

ULISSE: Odisseo: main character from the Odyssey and Iliad by Homer; Ulysses is the Roman name for Odysseus. (see also Penelope and Circe)

Albertini, G. 1785 Circe und Ulysses
Alessandri, F. 1790 Il Ritorno d’Ulisse a Penelope

Astaritta, G. 1790 Circe ed Ulisse

Badia, C.A. 1700 La Costanza d’Ulisse

Badia, C.A. 1709 Gli Amori di Circe con Ulisse

Basili, F. 1798 Il Ritorno d’Ulisse

Berg, J. 1967 Odysseuv navrat

Berkeley, L. 1967 Castaway

Brandt-Buys, J. 1937 Ulysses

Bungert, A. 1896, 1903. Odysseus Heimkehr, Odysseus Tod (see also Circe and Nausicaa)

Caldara, A. 1729 La Partenza di Ulisse

Cesek, H. 1907 Odysseus Heimkehr

Dal Gaudio, A. 1681 Ulisse in Feaccia

Dallapiccola, L. 1968 Ulisse

Gazzaniga, G. 1779 Il Ritorno d’Ulisse

Giordani, G. 1782 Il Ritorno d’Ulisse

Gundry, I. 1941 The Return of Odysseus

Heger, R.. 1932 Der Bettler namenlos

Hervé, F. 1862 Le Retour d’Ulysse

Keiser, R. 1696 Circe, oder Ulysses erster Theil (see

Penelope)

Keiser, R. 1722 Ulysses

Majo, G.F. 1769 Ulisse

Mauprey, A. 1907 Ulysse

Mayr, J.S. 1808 Il Ritorno d’Ulisse

Melani, F. 1689 Il Ritorno d’Ulisse

Michelides, S. 1950 Ulysses

Monteverdi, C. 1941 Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in patria

Perez, D. 1774 Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Itaca

Perrino, M. 1819 Ulisse nell’ isola di Circe

Pollarolo, C.F. 1692 Circe abbandonata da Ulisse

Pollarolo, C.F. 1698 Ulisse sconsciuto in Itaca

Porsile, G. 1707 Il Ritorno d’Ulisse

Porta, G. 1725 Ulisse

Pugno, S.R. 1889 Le Retour d’Ulysse

Rebel, J.F. 1703 Ulusses et Penelope

Reutter, H. 1942 Odysseus (see Nausicaa)

Ricci, L. 1828 Ulisse in Itaca

Romberg, B. 1807 Ulysses und Circe

Sabadini, B. 1692 Circe abbandonata da Ulisse

Sacrati, F.P. 1644 Ulisse errante

Schmidt, L. 1913 Die Heimkehr des Odysseus

Sciroli, G. 1749 Ulisse ettante

Smith, J.C. 1733 Ulysses

Taylor, R. 1783 Circe and Ulysses

Telemann, G.P. 1703 Ulysses

Treu, D.G. 1726 Ulisse e Telemacco

Vernizzi, O. 1619 Ulisse e Circe

Zamponi, G. 1650 Ulisse all’ isola di Circe

Ziani, M.A. 1696 La Finta pazzia d’Ulisse