Medonte (Bertoni, Ferdinando)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 acts
Composition Year	1777
Genre Categories	Operas; Theatrical Works; For 6 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; Italian language

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Act 3, Sc. 6. Aria of Arsace: Sciogli o cara un dolce riso
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Publisher. Info.	27 Arias, D-B Mus.ms. 30136 Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1750-1800).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. 30136 (6)
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General Information

Work Title	Medonte
Alternative. Title	Medonte dramma per musica da rappresentarsi nel Regio Teatro di Torino nel Carnovale del 1778
Composer	Bertoni, Ferdinando
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IFB 14
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1777
First Performance.	1777-10-27 in Turin, Teatro Regio Premiere Cast Gaetano Scovelli (Medonte) Agata Carara (Selene) Gaspare Pacchierotti (Arsace) Rosa Baglioni (Zelinda) Annunziata Camilli (Evandro) Veronica Borelli (Talete)
Librettist	Giovanni de Gamerra (1743–1803)
Language	Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Classical
Piece Style	Classical
Instrumentation	6 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra Cast Medonte (T) Selene (S) Arsace (S) Zelinda (S) Evandro (contralto?) Talete (contralto?) Chorus Orchestra (per manuscript) 2 horns, 2 flutes, strings, continuo

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The extant aria (listed as a "rondo") includes flutes and horns. It is likely that the complete work had more instruments (probably trumpets and oboes, as expected for such a work). Most of the information has been drawn from the libretto.