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:For general information on {{lang|it|L'olimpiade}}, go to [[L'olimpiade (Pietro Metastasio|''L'olimpiade'' (Pietro Metastasio)]].
:For general information on {{lang|it|L'olimpiade}}, go to [[L'olimpiade (Pietro Metastasio)|''L'olimpiade'' (Pietro Metastasio)]].


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'''{{lang|it|L'olimpiade}}''' is an opera (''opera seria'') by [[Antonio Caldara]] to a libretto by [[Pietro Metastasio]]. The opera premiered in Vienna on {{Start date|1733|08|30|df=y}}.<ref name="Wiki"/><ref name="WikiOlimpiadeMetastasio"/>
'''{{lang|it|L'olimpiade}}''' is an opera (''opera seria'') by [[Antonio Caldara]] to a libretto by [[Pietro Metastasio]]. The opera premiered in Vienna on {{Start date|1733|08|30|df=y}}.<ref name="Wikiwand"/> One manuscript (RISM ID no.: 464110019) notes a different performance date: {{Start date|1733|08|28|df=y}} Wien, Favorita.


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
For a synopsis, see [[L'olimpiade (Pietro Metastasio)|''L'olimpiade'' (Pietro Metastasio)]]
For a synopsis, see [[L'olimpiade (Pietro Metastasio)|''L'olimpiade'' (Pietro Metastasio)]].


==Roles and premiere cast==
==Roles and premiere cast==
[[File:Cover page cast caldara olimpiade 1733 vienna.jpg|thumb|alt=The cast of Caldara's L'olimpiade as listed in the score
|The cast of Caldara's L'olimpiade as listed in the score]]
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Role
!Role  
!description (eng/it)
!Voice type
!Voice type
!Premiere Cast, (porbably) 26 December 1659<ref name="Wiki"/>
!Premiere Cast, 30 August 1733<ref name="WikiOlimpiadeMetastasio"/>
|-
|-
|colspan="3">|<b>Prologue:</b>
|Clistene
|-
|King of Sicione, father of Aristea (re di Sicione, padre d’Aristea)
|''La Discordia'', Discord disguised as peace
|Contra-A
|soprano, castrato
|[[Gaetano Orsini|Gaetano (Orsini?)]]
|
|-  
|-  
|''Venere''/Venus
|Aristea
|soprano
|his daughter, beloved of Megacle (sua figlia, amante di Megacle)
|
|S
|La Reutter
|-  
|-  
|''Giunone''/Juno
|Argene
|soprano
|Cretan lady disguised as the shepherdess, Licori,
|
betrothed to Licida (dama cretense in abito di pastorella sotto nome di Licori, amante di Licida)
|S
|La Pisani
|-  
|-  
|''Pallade''/Athena
|Licida
|soprano
|generally believed to be the son of the king of Crete,
|
lover of Aristea, friend of Megacle (creduto figlio del re di Creta, amante d’Aristea ed amico di Megacle)
|Contra-A
|[[Pietro Casati|(Pietro?) Cas[s]ati]]<nowiki>*</nowiki>
|-  
|-  
|''La Pace'', Peace
|Megacle
|soprano, castrato
|lover of Aristea and friend of Licida (amante d’Aristea ed amico di Licida)
|
|S
|[[Felice Salimbeni]]
|-  
|-  
|''La Verità'', Truth
|Aminta
|soprano, castrato
|tutor of Licida (aio di Licida)
|
|B
|Christoph Praun
|-  
|-  
|''L'Abbondanza'', Abundance
|Alcandro
|mute role
|confidant of Clistene (confidente di Clisthene)
|
|T
|Borghi
|-  
|-  
|''La Ricchezza'', Wealth
|nymphs, shepherds, priests, populus,
|mute role
followers of Clistene and of Aristea, guards (Coro di pastori e ninfe, coro di atleti, coro di sacerdoti)
|
|
|-
|''Amore'', Love
|mute role
|
|
|-  
|-  
|''Two Furies''
|colspan="4"|<center>Sources:<ref name="Christoffellis"/><ref name="LibrettoItalianGoogle"/><ref name="IMSLP"/><ref name="Metastasio"/>Voice types: RISM ID no.: 464110019</center>
|mute roles
|
|-
|colspan="3">|<b>Storyline</b>
|-
|''Tindaro''/Tyndareos, King of Sparta
|bass
|
|-
|''Elena''/Helena, his daughter
|soprano
|
|-
|''Menelao''/Menelaos, prince in drag under the name Elisa, in love with Helena
|soprano, castrato
|
|-
|''Teseo''/Theseus
|tenor/soprano
|
|-
|''Peritoo''/Pirithous
|alto, castrato
|
|-
|''Ippolita''/Hippolyte, Amazon princess in male dress
|soprano
|
|-
|''Eurite'', Amazon, her lady-in-waiting in male dress
|soprano
|
|-
|''Erginda''/Astianassia, Helena's court lady
|
|
|-
|''Diomede'', Menelaus' servant disguised as an Armenian merchant
|tenor
|
|-
|''Euripilo'', confidant of Tindaro
|contralto, castrato
|
|-
|''Iro'', court jester
|tenor
|
|-
|''Creonte'', King of Tegea
|bass
|
|-
|''Menesteo'', his son
|soprano, castrato
|
|-
|Antiloco, Menesteo's confidant
|tenor/bass
|
|-
|''Castore''/Castor, brother of Elena
|soprano, castrato
|
|-
|''Polluce''/Pollux, brother of Elena
|soprano, castrato
|
|-
|''Nettuno''/Neptune
|bass
|
|-
|Sea gods, Argonauts, Hunters
|Chorus
|
|-
|Slaves
|Extras
|
|-
|colspa="3"|<center>Sources:<ref name="Wiki"/><ref name="LibrettoLOC"/></center>
|}
|}
<nowiki>*)</nowiki> The booklet lists Orsini as the original cast of Megacle<ref name="booklet"/>. "Cassati" may be a spelling variation of "Casati"<ref name="QuelUsignolo"/>.


==Répertoire International des Sources Musicales – RISM-OPAC==
==Répertoire International des Sources Musicales – RISM-OPAC==
*RISM ID no.: 850003992<ref name="RISM"/>
*RISM ID no.: 464110019<ref name="RISM"/>
==Sources==
==Sources==
Free Libretto:
*Deutsches Libretto 1:
*Libretto at the Library of Congress
:Olympisches Jahr-Fest. Welsch-gesungener vorgestellet. Von Antonio Caldara in Music verfasset
:Verlag: Ghelen
:Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
:1733
:{{cite book
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|date=
|title=Olympisches Jahr-Fest. Welsch-gesungener vorgestellet. Von Antonio Caldara in Music verfasset
|url=https://www.google.de/books/edition/Olympisches_Jahr_Fest_Welsch_gesungener/MxGcFxMGfgYC?hl=de&gbpv=0
|location=Vienna
|publisher=Gehlen, {{date|1733}}
|page= <!-- or pages= -->
|isbn=
}}<ref name="Libretto"/>
 
*Deutsches Libretto 2:
:Das olympische Jahrsfest, ein Singspiel, vorgestellet auf der privilegirten Schaubühne nächst der kaiserl. Burg im Jahr 1764. In das Deutsche übertragen von J. A. E. v. G.
:Verlag: Ghelen
:Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
:1764
:{{cite book
:{{cite book
  |last=Cavalli
  |last=
  |first=Pier Francesco
  |first=
  |author-link=
  |author-link=
  |date=
  |date=
  |title=Elena : drama per mvsica nel Teatro à S. Cassano, per l'anno 1659
  |title=Das olympische Jahrsfest, ein Singspiel, vorgestellet auf der privilegirten Schaubühne nächst der kaiserl. Burg im Jahr 1764. In das Deutsche übertragen von J. A. E. v. G.  
  |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2010666432/
  |url=https://www.google.de/books/edition/Das_olympische_Jahrsfest_ein_Singspiel/uhZbFJtEHAYC?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=olympisches+jahr-fest&printsec=frontcover
|archive-url= https://archive.ph/DWKuZ
  |location=Vienna
  |access-date={{date|2021-11-08|DMY}}
  |publisher=Gehlen, {{date|1764}}
  |archive-date={{date|2021-11-08|DMY}}
|location=Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
|publisher=Si vende da Giacomo Batti in frez., In Venetia, 1659, monographic.
  |page= <!-- or pages= -->
  |page= <!-- or pages= -->
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  |isbn=
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}}<ref name="Libretto2"/>
:All'Illustriss. & Eccellentiss. Sig. Angelo Morosini procurator di S. Marco.<ref name="LibrettoLOC"/>
 
:Call Number/Physical Location: ML48 [S1746], Microfilm Music 1854, reel 37. Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [197-]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
*Italian Libretto:  
Sheet music:  
*Modern Transcript
:{{cite web
:{{cite web
  |url=https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/14903
  |url=https://www.progettometastasio.it/public/testo/testo/codice/OLIMPIAD%7CP%7C000
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108085518/https://www.worldcat.org/title/pompeo-magno/oclc/21785313
  |title=L’olimpiade, Vienna, van Ghelen, 1733
  |title=Francesco Cavalli’s Elena (1659): A Study And Edition Volume 1
  |last=
  |last=Kane
  |first=
  |first=Kirsten
  |date=
  |date=2006
  |website=Progetto Metastasio
  |website=Cornell University
  |publisher=
  |publisher=
  |access-date={{date|2021-11-09|DMY}}
  |access-date={{date|2023-10-1|MDY}}
|archive-date={{date|2021-11-09|DMY}}
  |quote=}}<ref name="Metastasio"/>
  |quote=
 
}}<ref name="Manuscript"/>
*Score:
*Manuscript
:Copyist Copyist of Vienna
:Originaler Titel: [reverse page:] Il rapimento d'Helena
:Publisher Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1733).
:Material: score: 174f.
:Misc. Notes Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna (A-Wn): Mus.Hs.17164
:Manuscript copy: 1640-1660 (17.me)
:Contains ballets composed by Nicola Matteis Jr..
:4 parts - vl 1, 2, vla, bc
:Work Title L'olimpiade
:Manuscript copy: 1640-1660; 1640-1660
:Composer Caldara, Antonio
:other parts missing
:I-Catalogue Number IAC 161
:Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (I-Vnm) It.IV,369<ref name="RISM"/>
:Movements/Sections 3 acts
:Year/Date of Composition 1733
:First Performance 1733-08-30 in Vienna, Teatro della Favorita
:Librettist Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782)
:Language Italian
:Composer Time Period Baroque
:Piece Style Baroque
:Instrumentation 7 vocal soloists, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra<ref name="IMSLP"/>


==''Elena'' in Philippe Jaroussky's discography, filmography and performance history==
==Antonio Caldara's ''L'olimpiade'' in Philippe Jaroussky's discography, filmography and performance history==
===Solo Albums/Recital albums===
===Solo Albums/Recital albums===
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! Album
|-
|-
| 2017 (recorded)
| 2010 (recorded)
| [[Ombra mai fu (Album)]]
| [[Caldara in Vienna (Album)]]
|}
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===Complete list of musical numbers from ''Elena''===
===Complete list of musical numbers from Antonio Caldara's ''L'olimpiade''===
This listing only contains the musical pieces performed and/or recorded by Philippe Jaroussky.
This listing only contains the musical pieces performed and/or recorded by Philippe Jaroussky.
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! Year first published/performed
! Year first published/performed
|-
|-
|2017 (recorded)
|2010 (recorded)
| [[Mio diletto, mio sospiro|"Ecco l'idolo mio" ... "Mio diletto, mio sospiro"]]
| [[Lo seguitai felice (Antonio Caldara)|"Lo seguitai felice"]]
| [[Ombra mai fu (Album)]]
| [[Caldara in Vienna (Album)]]
| 1659<ref name="TeatriVenezia"/>
| 1733<ref name="WikiOlimpiadeMetastasio"/>
|-
|2010 (recorded)
| [[Mentre dormi amor fomenti (Antonio Caldara)|"Mentre dormi amor fomenti"]]
| [[Caldara in Vienna (Album)]]
| 1733<ref name="WikiOlimpiadeMetastasio"/>
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
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  |url=https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/14903
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  |url=https://booklets.idagio.com/5099964192758.pdf
  |title=Francesco Cavalli’s Elena (1659): A Study And Edition Volume 1
  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001210217/https://booklets.idagio.com/5099964192758.pdf
  |last=Kane
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<ref name="Christoffellis">
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  |title=Elena : drama per mvsica nel Teatro à S. Cassano, per l'anno 1659
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==External links==
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*{{cite web
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001210217/https://booklets.idagio.com/5099964192758.pdf
|title=Booklet Caldara in Vienna
|last=
|first=
|date=
|website=Idagio
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|archive-date={{date|2023-10-01|MDY}}
|access-date={{date|2023-10-01|MDY}}
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*{{cite web
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More than one composer wrote an opera called L'olimpiade:
For general information on L'olimpiade, go to L'olimpiade (Pietro Metastasio).

L'olimpiade is an opera (opera seria) by Antonio Caldara to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio. The opera premiered in Vienna on 30 August 1733 (1733-08-30).[2] One manuscript (RISM ID no.: 464110019) notes a different performance date: 28 August 1733 (1733-08-28) Wien, Favorita.

L'olimpiade
opera seria by Antonio Caldara
Cover caldara l olimpiade.jpg
Title page of the manuscript, 1733, Vienna [1]
Translationdt.: Olympisches Jahrfest
LibrettistPietro Metastasio
LanguageItalian
Premiere
August 30, 1733 (1733-08-30)
Wien

Synopsis

For a synopsis, see L'olimpiade (Pietro Metastasio).

Roles and premiere cast

 
The cast of Caldara's L'olimpiade as listed in the score
Role description (eng/it) Voice type Premiere Cast, 30 August 1733[3]
Clistene King of Sicione, father of Aristea (re di Sicione, padre d’Aristea) Contra-A Gaetano (Orsini?)
Aristea his daughter, beloved of Megacle (sua figlia, amante di Megacle) S La Reutter
Argene Cretan lady disguised as the shepherdess, Licori,

betrothed to Licida (dama cretense in abito di pastorella sotto nome di Licori, amante di Licida)

S La Pisani
Licida generally believed to be the son of the king of Crete,

lover of Aristea, friend of Megacle (creduto figlio del re di Creta, amante d’Aristea ed amico di Megacle)

Contra-A (Pietro?) Cas[s]ati*
Megacle lover of Aristea and friend of Licida (amante d’Aristea ed amico di Licida) S Felice Salimbeni
Aminta tutor of Licida (aio di Licida) B Christoph Praun
Alcandro confidant of Clistene (confidente di Clisthene) T Borghi
nymphs, shepherds, priests, populus,

followers of Clistene and of Aristea, guards (Coro di pastori e ninfe, coro di atleti, coro di sacerdoti)

Sources:[4][5][1][6]Voice types: RISM ID no.: 464110019

*) The booklet lists Orsini as the original cast of Megacle[7]. "Cassati" may be a spelling variation of "Casati"[8].

Répertoire International des Sources Musicales – RISM-OPAC

  • RISM ID no.: 464110019[9]

Sources

  • Deutsches Libretto 1:
Olympisches Jahr-Fest. Welsch-gesungener vorgestellet. Von Antonio Caldara in Music verfasset
Verlag: Ghelen
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
1733
Olympisches Jahr-Fest. Welsch-gesungener vorgestellet. Von Antonio Caldara in Music verfasset. Vienna: Gehlen, 1733.[10]
  • Deutsches Libretto 2:
Das olympische Jahrsfest, ein Singspiel, vorgestellet auf der privilegirten Schaubühne nächst der kaiserl. Burg im Jahr 1764. In das Deutsche übertragen von J. A. E. v. G.
Verlag: Ghelen
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
1764
Das olympische Jahrsfest, ein Singspiel, vorgestellet auf der privilegirten Schaubühne nächst der kaiserl. Burg im Jahr 1764. In das Deutsche übertragen von J. A. E. v. G. Vienna: Gehlen, 1764.[11]
  • Italian Libretto:
"L'olimpiade, Vienna, van Ghelen, 1733". Progetto Metastasio. Retrieved October 1, 2023.[6]
  • Score:
Copyist Copyist of Vienna
Publisher Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1733).
Misc. Notes Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna (A-Wn): Mus.Hs.17164
Contains ballets composed by Nicola Matteis Jr..
Work Title L'olimpiade
Composer Caldara, Antonio
I-Catalogue Number IAC 161
Movements/Sections 3 acts
Year/Date of Composition 1733
First Performance 1733-08-30 in Vienna, Teatro della Favorita
Librettist Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782)
Language Italian
Composer Time Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation 7 vocal soloists, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra[1]

Antonio Caldara's L'olimpiade in Philippe Jaroussky's discography, filmography and performance history

Solo Albums/Recital albums

Year Album
2010 (recorded) Caldara in Vienna (Album)

Complete list of musical numbers from Antonio Caldara's L'olimpiade

This listing only contains the musical pieces performed and/or recorded by Philippe Jaroussky.

Year published or performed Title Album, Video or Concert Program Year first published/performed
2010 (recorded) "Lo seguitai felice" Caldara in Vienna (Album) 1733[3]
2010 (recorded) "Mentre dormi amor fomenti" Caldara in Vienna (Album) 1733[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 L'olimpiade (Caldara, Antonio). Vienna: Manuscript, 1733.
  2. ↑ "L'olimpiade (Metastasio)". Wikiwand. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "L'olimpiade (Metastasio)". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on 6 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "L'olimpiade". Jan Billingto, Aris Christoffelis. Archived from the original on 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  5. ↑ Metastasio, Pietro (1733). L'olimpiade. Pasquino. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Progetto Metastasio". Landing Page. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Booklet Caldara in Vienna" (PDF). Idagio. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Pietro Casati". Quell'usignolo. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Caldara, Antonio, 1670c-1736, Manuscript". RISM OPAC. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  10. ↑ Olympisches Jahr-Fest. Welsch-gesungener vorgestellet. Von Antonio Caldara in Music verfasset. Vienna: Ghelen, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. 1733.
  11. ↑ Das olympische Jahrsfest, ein Singspiel, vorgestellet auf der privilegirten Schaubühne nächst der kaiserl. Burg im Jahr 1764. In das Deutsche übertragen von J. A. E. v. G. Vienna: Gehlen, 1764.

External links

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