Demetrio e Polibio was Rossini's first attempt at a full-scale opera, "assembled piecemeal" during his student days at the Philharmonic Academy of Bologna in 1806. Because it was commissioned by tenor Domenico Mombelli (whose wife wrote the libretto) and was performed privately by Mombelli and his two daughters, a performance which Rossini did not attend, it was not his first fully staged opera.
Original Name | Demetrio e Polibio |
Librettist | Vincenzina ViganĂ²-Mombelli |
Premiered | 1812, May 18th (Teatro Valle) in Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy |
Type | Opera |
Spoken language | Italian |
Instruments |
Voice (Bass)
- Polybius, King of Parthia
Voice (Soprano) - Lisinga, Polybius's daughter Voice (Contralto) - Siveno, Lisinga's lover Voice (Tenor) - Demetrius, King of Syria, Siveno's estranged father Orchestra Chorus/Choir - Mixed Chorus ; |
Autotranslations beta |
Gioachino Rossini: Demetrius and Polybius Gioachino Rossini: Demetrius and Polybius Gioachino Rossini: Demetrius and Polybius |