Original id:
4456
Start date:
18 December 1734
Production notes:
A pasticcio opera, using an anonymous Italian libretto adapted from Gianguelberto Barlocci's L'Oreste.
Media of production:
Opera, musical and related genres
Languages:
Italian
Oreste (1734)
Companies:
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Script | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Iphigenia among the Taurians | Euripides |
| Person | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| John Beard (c.1717-1791) | Actor | Pylades |
| Giovanni Carestini (c.1704-c.1760) | Actor | Oreste |
| George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) | Composer | |
| Maria Caterina Negri (fl.1720-1745) | Actor | Philoctetes |
| Marie Sallé (1707-1756) | Dancer | |
| Anna Maria Strada del Pò (fl.1719-1740) | Actor | Hermione |
| Gustavus Waltz (fl.1732-1759) | Actor | Thoas |
| Cecilia Young (1712-1789) | Actor | Iphigenia |
| Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England) | 13 December, 1734 |
| Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre, 1660-1914 | Book | library | 32, 563 | |
| Piranesian vistas | Newspaper cutting | archive | ||
| Oreste (Orestes) | Print-out | archive | ||
| Grove Music Online | Website | New Grove Opera: s.v. Oreste, by Handel |
How to cite this production
Oreste (1734), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/4456 <24 November 2024>