Arminio (Biber)


Arminio or Chi la Dura la Vince is an opera – and the earliest extant opera composed in Salzburg – in three acts about the Germanic military hero Arminius, and the only surviving opera composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, composed ca. 1690–1692 with an Italian libretto probably by Francesco Maria Raffaelini. The manuscript score is kept in the Carolino Augusteum of Salzburg.

Synopsis

The opera is about the story of the wife of Arminius, Thusnelda who becomes prisoner of Germanicus.

Recordings

H.I.F. Biber: Arminio, Salzburger Hofmusik, Il Dolcimelo.
Gotthold Schwarz / Bernhard Landauer / Irena Troupova / Regina Schwarzer / Otto Rastbichler / Hermann Oswald / Barbara Schlick / Gerd Türk / Xenia Meijer / Florian Mehltretter / Gerd Kenda / Markus Forster