Axur, Re d'Ormus

from Antonio Salieri


Axur, re d'Ormus
Dramma tragicomico in five acts

Libretto

Lorenzo da Ponte (after Beaumarchais)

Premiere

8 January 1788, Vienna (Burgtheater)

Cast

AXUR (bass)
TARARE (tenor)
ASTASIA (soprano)
ARTENIO (bass)
ALTAMOR (baritone)
URSON (tenor)
BISCROMA (tenor)
MELITA (soprano)
COLOMBINE, HARLEKIN, BRIGHELLA (soprano, tenor, bass)

CHORUS
Priests, court, soldiers, officers, slaves, crowd

Place

Time

Composer

Salieri, Antonio