Fedra
Music by Ildebrando Pizzetti · libretto by Gabriele D'Annunzio · premiered 1915 · at La Scala
Fedra is an opera in three acts composed by Ildebrando Pizzetti to an Italian-language libretto which he abridged from the text of Gabriele D'Annunzio's 1909 tragedy of the same name.
The play and the opera recount the story of the Greek mythological figure Phaedra and her unrequited love for her stepson Hippolytus. It premiered on 20 March 1915 at La Scala in Milan conducted by Gino Marinuzzi. In 1923 the dancer and actress Ida Rubinstein performed Phaedre with set designs by Léon Bakst. The production is usually described as a French translation of the play by D'Annunzio, but press reports mention that Pizzetti's music was used.
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About the Composer
Ildebrando Pizzetti (20 September 1880 – 13 February 1968) was an Italian composer of classical music, as well as a musicologist and a music critic.
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Other Operas by Ildebrando Pizzetti
- Dèbora e Jaéle (1922)
- Fra Gherardo (1925)
- Assassinio nella cattedrale (1935)
- L'oro (1947)
- Clitennestra (1965)