Zelmira (Rossini, Gioacchino)

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Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; Melodramas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Act I
#106431 - 85.49MB, 561 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1392×⇩ - Caprotti

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Caprotti (2011/6/22)

 Act II
#106432 - 42.37MB, 287 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 692×⇩ - Caprotti

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Caprotti (2011/6/22)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes omits recitatives
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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
#107864 - 89.64MB, 267 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3638×⇩ - Caprotti

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Caprotti (2011/7/3)

Editor A. Girowetz
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Artaria, n.d.(ca.1822). Plate 2679.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Biblioteca Fondazione Rossini Pesaro. Omits recitativo secco; includes German translation
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Ciel pietoso

For Piano solo

 Complete score
#260610 - 1.80MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 195×⇩ - JP3

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JP3 (2012/11/30)

Publisher. Info. Firenze: Giuseppe Lorenzi, n.d. (ca. 1830). Plate 762.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes This item forms part of the
Ricasoli Collection at the University of Louisville Music Library.
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Perché mi guardi e piangi

For Piano solo

 Complete score
#274751 - 3.19MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 161×⇩ - JP3

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JP3 (2013/3/25)

Publisher. Info. Publisher not identified. (Likely G. Lorenzei, ca. 1823.)
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes This item forms part of the
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General Information

Work Title Zelmira
Alternative. Title Melodramma
Name Translations ゼルミーラ; Зельмира
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 181834098; GND: 300235313; BNF: 13928281v; BNE: XX2705921
Composer Rossini, Gioacchino
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGR 75
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts
First Performance. 1822-02-16, Naples
Librettist Andrea Leone Tottola, after Dormont de Belloy
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation solo voices, choir, orchestra (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in B♭ and A), 2 bassoons,
4 horns (in F and D), 2 trumpets (in A), 2 trombones, strings); there are probably other transpositions for clarinets, horns, and trumpets; the changes are not always clearly marked.

Navigation etc.

  • While many sources refer to this as an opera, the subtitle is "Melodramma".
  • Roles:
Polidoro, King of Lesbos (bass)
Zelmira, his daughter (soprano)
Emma, her confidant (contralto)
Ilo, Prince of Troy and husband of Zelmira (tenor)
Antenore, a usurper from Mytilene (tenor)
Leucippo, his confidant, a general (bass-baritone)
Eacide, a follower of Prince Ilo (tenor)
High priest of Jupiter (bass)
Priests, populace, Mytilene army, Ilo's followers, Zelmira's young son (silent)
Operas by Gioacchino Rossini
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