Dramma per musica in three acts by Leonardo Vinci
Text by Pietro Metastasio
World Premiere since 1740 with an all-male cast after the model of the first performance.
The plot of Alessandro nell’Indie revolves around love affairs: Alexander the Great (Alessandro) loves the Indian queen Cleofide, who, however, has promised her heart to King Poro, who had been defeated by Alexander – an emotionally charged drama is spun out interwoven with love, intrigue, jealously and forgiveness. Since women were prohibited from the stage in the church-state, Vinci composed Alessandro nell’Indie exclusively for male singers. The premiere of Vinci’s penultimate opera marked up a huge success particularly for the star castrati Farfellino, in the role of Cleofide, and Giuseppe Appiani in the role of Poro’s sister Erissena.
Poro: Franco Fagioli
Cleofide: Bruno de Sá
Erissena: Jake Arditti
Alessandro: Maayan Licht
Gandarte: Stefan Sbonnik
Timagene: Nicholas Tamagna
conductor: Martyna Pastuszka
orchestra: {oh!} Orkiestra
staging: Max Emanuel Cencic
set designer: Domenico Franchi
costumes: Giuseppe Palella
lighting designer: David Debrinay
choreography: Sumon Rudra
