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'''Ormindo''' (''L'Ormindo'') is an opera in two acts by Francesco Cavalli to an original Italian libretto by Giovanni Faustini.
The opera has set numbers with recitative, and is set in the city of Fez in North Africa during an unspecified time.

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Performance history

Roles

Performance history

''Ormindo'' was first performed at the Teatro San Cassiano, Venice, 1644. It is now rarely staged. The most recent performance was by the Pittsburgh Opera in February, 2007, conducted by Bernard McDonald and directed by Chas Rader-Shieber.

Roles

★ Amida (tenor)

★ Amore (soprano)

★ Erice (contralto)

★ Erisbe (soprano)

★ Hariadeno (bass)

★ Il destino (tenor)

★ L'armonia (soprano)

★ La fortuna (soprano)

★ Melide (soprano)

★ Mirinda (soprano)

★ Nerillo (soprano)

★ Ormindo (contralto)

★ Osman (tenor)

★ Sicle (soprano)