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.Fedra (Giovanni Simone Mayr), Libretti d'Opera. Retrieved 12 August 2020 . The German premiere of the opera took place at the Staatstheater Braunschweig on 30 March 2008, 188 years after its first performance.
Recordings YearCastConductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel 2008 Capucine Chiaudani,Tomasz Zagorski,Rebecca Nelsen,Dae-Bum Lee,Hyo-Jin Shin,Jorn LindemannGerd Schaller,Chorus of the Staatstheater Braunschweig, Staatsorchester Braunschweig CD: Oehms ClassicsOC 920Fedra, Oehms ClassicsReview: Fedra, MusicWeb International
References
External links Complete libretto (published in Milan 1821; digitised by the Bavarian State Library) Work details, Corago, University of Bologna