“Palmira, Queen of Persia” ( Italian: Palmira, regina di Persia ) is an opera in two acts by composer Antonio Salieri , written on the libretto by Giovanni de Gamerra . The opera premiered at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna on October 14, 1795 . Palmira was performed 39 times in Vienna until 1798, and at the beginning of the 19th century the opera was staged in Germany , translated into German . "Palmyra" was considered the most successful opera among the late works of Salieri [1] .
| Opera | |
| Palmyra, Queen of Persia | |
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| Palmira, regina di Persia | |
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| Composer | Antonio Salieri |
| Librettist | Giovanni de Gamerra |
| Tongue libretto | Italian |
| Plot source | the work of Voltaire La princesse de Babylone |
| Genre | dramma eroicomico |
| Action | 2 actions |
| First production | October 14, 1795 |
| First Place | Vienna , Kärntnertortheater |
Notes
- ↑ (EN) John A. Rice, Salieri, Antonio, in Stanley Sadie (a cura di), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Volume Four, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 9780195221862 .