Opera in the Repertoire · Romantic
Fedra
Music by Simon Mayr · libretto by Luigi Romanelli · premiered 1820 · at La Scala
Fedra is an opera (melodramma serio) in two acts composed by Simon Mayr to an Italian-language libretto by Luigi Romanelli based on Racine's play Phèdre. It premiered on 26 December 1820 at La Scala in Milan with Teresa Belloc-Giorgi in the title role. The German premiere of the opera took place at the Staatstheater Braunschweig on 30 March 2008, 188 years after its first performance.
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About the Composer
Simon Mayr is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Simon Mayr
- Adelaide di Guesclino (1734)
- La Lodoiska (1796)
- Amor ingegnoso (1798)
- Che originali! (1798)
- L'accademia di musica (1800)
- Ginevra di Scozia (1801)
- L'amor coniugale (1805)
- I cherusci (1808)