Arminio (Biber)
# Arminio (Biber)

Arminio or Chi la Dura la Vince is an opera ("Dramma musicale") – and the earliest extant opera composed in Salzburg – in three acts about the Germanic military hero Arminius, and the only surviving opera composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, composed ca. 1690–1692 with an Italian libretto probably by Francesco Maria Raffaelini. The manuscript score is kept in the Carolino Augusteum of Salzburg.

## Roles

| Role | Voice type |
| - | - |
| Arminio A Germanic warrior | Bass |
| Calligola Son of Germanico, enamored of Segesta | Alto |
| Claudia Enamored of Caligola | Soprano |
| Climmia Giulia's nurse | Tenor or Soprano |
| Erchino Court jester, enamored of Climmia | Tenor |
| Germanico A Roman commander, adopted son of Tiberio | Tenor |
| Giulia Enamored of Caligola | Soprano |
| Nerone Son of Germanico, enamored of Giulia | Tenor |
| Segesta The wife of Arminio | Soprano |
| Seiano Prefect of the Praetorians | Alto or Bass |
| Tiberio Emperor of the Romans | Bass |
| Vitellio A friend of Germanico | Alto |

## Synopsis

* Place and Time: Rome during the reign of emperor Tiberius.

The opera is about the story of the wife of Arminius, Thusnelda (Segesta) who becomes prisoner of Germanicus.

## Recordings

H.I.F. Biber: Arminio, Salzburger Hofmusik, Il Dolcimelo.

* Conductor: Wolfgang Brunner
* Singers:

Gotthold Schwarz / Bernhard Landauer / Irena Troupova / Regina Schwarzer / Otto Rastbichler / Hermann Oswald / Barbara Schlick / Gerd Türk / Xenia Meijer / Florian Mehltretter / Gerd Kenda / Markus Forster

* Recording date: April 1994
* Label: CPO
