Opera in the Repertoire · Baroque
Arminio
Music by Heinrich Ignaz Franz 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.
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About the Composer
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber is the composer of record for this opera.
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