Saverio Mercadante gained success and renown as an operatic composer during his lifetime, but at present, in an ironic twist of fate, his best-known work...
Saverio MercadanteOpera: Gabriella di Vergy, Dramma tragico in two acts, first performance 8 august 1828, Teatro s.Carlos, Lisbon.Libretto: Andrea Leone TottolaRecitativo: Ah che dici!Sestetto: Quant'immagini...
Saverio MercadanteOpera: L'Apoteosi d'Ercole, dramma in wo acts, first performance 19 august 1819, Teatro S.Carlo, Naples.Libretto: Giovanni SchmidtQuartetto: Ambo unite!... Come palpiti cor mio!Ercole: Geoffrey...
Saverio MercadanteOpera: Maria Stuarda, regina si Scozia, Dramma serio per musica in two acts, first performance 29 may 1821, Teatro Communale, Bologna.Libretto: Anonymous - variously...
Saverio MercadanteOpera: Orazi e Curiazi, tragedia lirica in three acts, first performance, 10 november 1846, Teatro San Carlo, Naples.Libretto: Salvadore CammaranoFinale I, Stretta: Addio!Il Vecchio...
Saverio MercadanteOpera: La testa di bronzo ossia La Capanna solitaria, Melodramma eroi-comico in two acts, first performance 16 april or 3 december 1827, Teatro della...
Although "Emma d'Antiochia" was written at the height of Mercadante's career, had a libretto by the prolific Felice Romani and was written specifically for super-diva...