Eraclea ("Heraclea") is an opera (dramma per musica) composed by Leonardo Vinci on a libretto by Silvio Stampiglia.
It was first performed in Naples, at the Teatro San Bartolomeo on 1 October 1724.
The castrato Farinelli, then only 19 years old, sang one of his first roles in it.
Roles
Recordings
- Io gelosa non sono... Il ruscelletto amante (Flavia, act I, sc.15)
on Amate Stelle - Arias For Anna Maria Strada: Marie Lys (soprano), Abchordis Ensemble, Andrea Buccarella. Glossa, GCD923536, 2023.
- Aprirti il seno (Iliso, act II, sc.4)
on Leonardo Vinci: Alto Arias: Filippo Mineccia (alto) & Francesca Cassinari (soprano), Stile galante, Stefano Aresi. Pan Classics, PC10297, 2014.
on Leonardo Vinci: Alto Arias: Filippo Mineccia (alto) & Francesca Cassinari (soprano), Stile galante, Stefano Aresi. Pan Classics, PC10297, 2014.
and on Max Emanuel Cencic: Arie Napoletane: Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor), Il Pomo D'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev. Decca, 2015.
References