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A distinct musical setting of Metastasio’s libretto Alessandro nell’Indie by Johann Christian Bach. A setting premiered in Naples on 20 January and revived in Lodi in 1778. The source does not provide a setting-specific plot synopsis; the libretto concerns Alexander’s campaign in India and the conflict involving King Porus, Cleofide, and their court.
Sorceress Arcabonne has fallen for a nameless knight who once saved her, but her brother Arcalaüs urges her to destroy Amadis, who killed their brother. Arcalaüs’s demons make Oriane jealous of Amadis. When Amadis attacks the fortress where he believes Oriane is held, demons capture him. Arcabonne recognizes him as her rescuer during the sacrificial rite and frees him and the other prisoners. Arcalaüs then deceives Oriane into believing Amadis is dead, but the fairy Urgande breaks the enchantment. Arcabonne kills herself when she understands Amadis will never love her, and Amadis frees the prisoners of the enchanted palace.
In Persia, Themistocles and his son Neocles arrive incognito in Susa after exile from Athens. His daughter Aspasia, who loves the Athenian ambassador Lysimachus, has also reached the city after a shipwreck. Once their identities and circumstances are revealed, King Xerxes pardons them, unites the lovers, and makes peace with Athens.
Zanaida is a three-act opera seria by Johann Christian Bach, with a libretto by Giovanni Gualberto Bottarelli based on Metastasio’s Siface, re di Numidia. Bottarelli relocated the action from North Africa to Persia.
A distinct musical setting of Metastasio’s libretto Alessandro nell’Indie by Johann Christian Bach. A setting premiered in Naples on 20 January and revived in Lodi in 1778. The source does not provide a setting-specific plot synopsis; the libretto concerns Alexander’s campaign in India and the conflict involving King Porus, Cleofide, and their court.
Sorceress Arcabonne has fallen for a nameless knight who once saved her, but her brother Arcalaüs urges her to destroy Amadis, who killed their brother. Arcalaüs’s demons make Oriane jealous of Amadis. When Amadis attacks the fortress where he believes Oriane is held, demons capture him. Arcabonne recognizes him as her rescuer during the sacrificial rite and frees him and the other prisoners. Arcalaüs then deceives Oriane into believing Amadis is dead, but the fairy Urgande breaks the enchantment. Arcabonne kills herself when she understands Amadis will never love her, and Amadis frees the prisoners of the enchanted palace.
In Persia, Themistocles and his son Neocles arrive incognito in Susa after exile from Athens. His daughter Aspasia, who loves the Athenian ambassador Lysimachus, has also reached the city after a shipwreck. Once their identities and circumstances are revealed, King Xerxes pardons them, unites the lovers, and makes peace with Athens.
Zanaida is a three-act opera seria by Johann Christian Bach, with a libretto by Giovanni Gualberto Bottarelli based on Metastasio’s Siface, re di Numidia. Bottarelli relocated the action from North Africa to Persia.