Il re pastore (The Shepherd King) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of a dramma per musica in three acts. The Italian-language libretto is by Pietro Metastasio. The opera premiered on 8 December 1756 at the Burgtheater, Vienna.
| Original Name | Il re pastore |
| Librettist | Pietro Metastasio |
| Date of composition | 1756 |
| Premiered | 1756, December 18th (Burgtheater) in Vienna, Austria |
| Type | Opera |
| Catalogue | Wq. 22 |
| Spoken language | Italian |
| Instruments |
Orchestra
Voice (Tenor) - Alessandro, King of Macedonia Voice (Castrato) - Soprano ; Aminta, a shepherd, rightful heir to Sidon Voice (Soprano) - Elisa, a noble nymph of Phoenicia, of the family of Cadmus Voice (Soprano) - Tamiri, a fugitive princess, daughter of the deposed tyrant Stratone Voice (Tenor) - Agenore, a Sidonian nobleman |
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