I cherusci
Opera by Simon Mayr
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I cherusci is a dramma per musica in 2 acts by Simon Mayr to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi. It was first performed at the Teatro Argentina, Rome, for Carnival 1808.[1][2] The plot is at the time of the battles between the Germanic tribes the Marcomanni and Cherusci.[3]
Cast
- Treuta, tenor - popular leader of the Marcomanni people
- Tusnelda, soprano - Treuta's slave, a Cheruscan, but due to be sacrificed by the druids
- Tamaro, soprano - enemy leader of the Cherusci and bards
- Zarasto, bass - high priest of the druids
- Ercilda, soprano - allied with Treuta
- Carilo, tenor - leader of the Sarronides, allied with Treuta
- Dunclamo, tenor - adoptive father of Tusnelda, who later discovers that Treuta is Tusnelda's father
- Araldo, tenor
Recording
- I cherusci Bayerische Staatsoper, Franz Hauk. Naxos 2CD 2019 [4]