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Antigono is an 18th-century Italian opera in 3 acts by the Czech composer Josef Mysliveček composed to a libretto by the Italian poet Metastasio first produced in 1744 with music of Johann Adolf Hasse. This opera (and all the rest of Mysliveček's operas) belong to the serious type in Italian language referred to as opera seria. For a performance in the 1780s, it would only be expected that a libretto by Metastasio would be abbreviated and altered to suit contemporary operatic taste. The cuts and changes in the text made for the performance of Mysliveček's version are not attributable.
Antigono (Antigonus) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of a dramma per musica in three acts. The Italian-language libretto is by Pietro Metastasio. The opera premiered on 9 February 1756 at the Torre Argentina in Rome.
Ensemble Serse gave the modern day premiere of "Antigono" on 25 April 2015 in an uncut edition performed on period instruments. The cast was:
Antigono - Simon Gfeller (tenor) Berenice - Calvin Wells (male soprano) Demetrio - Milena Dobrzycka (soprano) Alessandro - Michael Taylor (counter-tenor) Ismene - Jorg Delfos (counter-tenor) Clearco - Tom Verney (counter-tenor)
Musical director - Greg Batsleer