Alessandro nelle Indie (Pacini)

Alessandro nelle Indie (En. Alexander in India) is an opera seria in two acts by Giovanni Pacini, with libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, based on Alessandro nell'Indie by Pietro Metastasio. It was premiered in Naples, Italy at the Teatro di San Carlo on 29 September 1824, and had a total of 38 performances in its first season.

This opera is only one of some 70 operatic works using Metastasio's text about Alexander the Great, most of which were written in the 18th century, starting with the work by Leonardo Vinci (1730).

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, 29 September 1824 (Conductor: Nicola Festa)
Cleofide (Cleophis)	soprano	Adelaide Tosi
Erissena	soprano	Caterina Lipparini
Alessandro Magno (Alexander the Great)	tenor	Andrea Nozzari
Gandarte	tenor	Giovanni Boccaccio
Timagene	bass	Carlo Moncada
Poro (Porus)	bass	Giuseppe Lipparini

Recording

• Pacini: Alessandro nelle Indie – Laura Claycomb (Cleofide); Jennifer Larmore (Poro); Bruce Ford (tenor) (Alessandro Magno); Mark Wilde (Gandarte); Dean Robinson (Timagene); Geoffrey Mitchell Choir; London Philharmonic; David Parry (conductor). Recorded Nov. 2006 at Henry Wood Hall, London. Label: Opera Rara ORC35^[1]

References

1. Vasta

Sources

• Amadeus Almanac, accessed 25 November 2009
• Balthazar, Scott L., "Alessandro nelle Indie", Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. L. Macy. (Grove Music Online by subscription access).
• Balthazar, Scott L. (with Michael Rose) (1997), "Giovanni Pacini", in Sadie, Stanley (ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, New York: Grove (Oxford University Press), Vol. Three, pp. 808—812. ISBN 978-0-19-522186-2
• Marinelli-Roscioni, Carlo, Il Teatro di San Carlo La Cronologia 1737-1987, p. 191
• Vasta, Stephen F. (June 2008). "Pacini: Alessandro nell'Indie" (recording review). Opera News. Retrieved 19 October 2015 (subscription required).