With Olimpiade the famous poet Metastasio created one of the most popular librettos of the 18th century. It was set to music by over 60 baroque and classical composers including Vivaldi, Caldara, Hasse, Cimarosa and Donizetti. Pergolesi’s composition from 1735 was one of the earliest adaptations. In the 2011 Jesi production of L’Olimpiade a large part of the auditorium is taken up by a cross-shaped platform. This is where the characters of the drama are introduced, where they elaborate their plans and express their innermost feelings, their sufferings and hopes, while the supreme ritual of the ancient Greek world, the Olympic Games, is celebrated on a distant stage: that event upon which their lives – and all prospects of happiness or otherwise - depend.
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Cast
7 people
Raúl Giménez
Clistene
Also in
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Tancredi
Lyubov Petrova
Aristea
Also in
The Magic Flute
Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Yetzabel Arias Fernández
Argene
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Jennifer Rivera
Licidia
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Sofia Soloviy
Megacle
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Anna Bolena
Antonio Lozano
Aminta
Also in
The True Story of the Weeping Woman
Mi Gober Precioso
Milena Storti
Alcandro
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Tiziano Mancini Director · Pietro Metastasio Writer Ruggero Vitrani Costume designer
First release February 8, 2013 · Produced in Italy · Production Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini, Unitel Classica
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Metisfilm Classica
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Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini
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Unitel Classica
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Italy
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Germany · February 8, 2013
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