Attilio Regolo (Hasse)
Attilio Regolo is an Italian-language opera seria by Johann Adolph Hasse based on the story of Marcus Atilius Regulus, a Roman general taken prisoner in Carthage, who elects death rather than ransom. Metastasio wrote the libretto in 1740 for the birthday of the emperor Charles VI but the illness, then death, of the emperor prevented the libretto being set to music at the time. Hasse's opera was performed in Dresden in 1750.[1] The role of Regolo was taken by the castrato Domenico Annibale, while Attilia was composed for Hasse’s wife Faustina Bordoni.
Recording
- Attilio Regolo Axel Köhler (Regolo), Markus Schäfer (Manlio), Martina Borst (Attilia), Sibylla Rubens (Publio), Carmen Fuggiss (Barce), Michael Volle (Licinio), Randall Wong (Amilcare), Cappella Sagittariana Dresden, Frieder Bernius. concert performance 1997, Profil 2018[2]
References
- ↑ Abraham Rees The Cyclopaedia 1819 ... and the opera of “Attilio Regolo,” for the birthday of the emperor Charles VI. ; but that prince dying before it had been represented, it was laid aside, and not performed till 1750, when it was set by Hasse, for the court of Dresden. The poet laments the death of his patron with great sensibility, in a letter to a friend. Indeed it was a calamity to all Europe, by the general war which immediately ensued. This prince found in Metastasio a man who encouraged and confirmed his love of virtue,
- ↑ HASSE Attilio Regolo | gramophone.co.uk The Cappella Sagittariana Dresden play springily for Frieder Bernius. The libretto is given in Italian and German only.
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