Didone abbandonata (Mercadante)
# Didone abbandonata (Mercadante)

Didone abbandonata is an 1823 opera in two acts by Saverio Mercadante to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola after Metastasio's Didone abbandonata. It was first performed on 18 January 1823 at the Teatro Regio in Turin.

| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 18 January 1823 Conductors: Luigi Molino [it] (1st violin) and Bernardo Ottani [it] (harpsichord) |
| - | - | - |
| Didone, Queen of Carthage | soprano | Carolina Neri Passerini |
| Enea, in love with Dido | contralto en travesti | Fanny Eckerlin |
| Jarba, under the name Arbace, King of the Moors | tenor | Nicola Tacchinardi |
| Osmida, Didone's confidant | bass | Raffaele Benetti |
| Araspe, Jarba's confidant, secretly in love with Selene | tenor | Pietro Gentili |
| Selene, Sidone's sister, secretly in love with Enea | soprano | Gioconda Vitali |
| Role | Voice type | Premiere (in modern times), 18 August 2018 Conductors: Alessandro de Marchi (Conductor) |
| Didone, Queen of Carthage | soprano | Viktorija Miskunaite |
| Enea, in love with Dido | contralto en travesti | Katrin Wundsam |
| Jarba, under the name Arbace, King of the Moors | tenor | Carlo Allemano |
| Osmida, Didone's confidant | bass | Pietro Di Bianco |
| Araspe, Jarba's confidant, secretly in love with Selene | tenor | Diego Godoy |
| Selene, Sidone's sister, secretly in love with Enea | soprano | Emilie Renard |

## Recording

* Didone abbandonata – Viktorija Miskunaite, Katrin Wundsam, Carlo Allemano, Emilie Renard, Diego Godoy, Pietro di Bianco, Coro Maghini, Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi DVD, Naxos, 2018
