Castore e Polluce
Music by Francesco Bianchi · libretto by Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni · premiered 1779 · at Teatro della Pergola
Castore e Polluce (Castor and Pollux) is an opera seria by Francesco Bianchi. The libretto was one translated by Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, from Pierre-Joseph Bernard's French text for Rameau's Castor et Pollux. The opera was extravagantly in the French style. As Marita P. McClymonds explains, "Castore contains all the elements that had been purged from Italian serious opera before the turn of the century: gods appearing in machines, miraculous scene changes, arias without exit, much use of chorus, and an infernal scene in the underworld with dancing."
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About the Composer
Francesco Bianchi may refer to: Francesco Bianchi (bishop) (1606–1644), Roman Catholic bishop Francesco Bianchi (composer) (1752–1810), Italian operatic composer Francesco Bianchi (painter) (1447–1510), Italian painter of the Renaissance Francesco Bianchi (medallist) (1842–1918), Italian medallist in the Vatican Francis Bianchi (1743–1815), Italian saint Francesco Bianchi (athlete) (1940–1977), Italian athlete
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Other Operas by Francesco Bianchi
- Arbace
- La morte di Cesare
- La villanella rapita
- Alonso e Cora (1783)
- Calto (1788)