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Orazi e Curiazi (The Horatii and the Curiatii) is an opera by the Italian composer Saverio Mercadante. It takes the form of a tragedia lirica in three acts. The libretto, by Salvadore Cammarano, is based on the Roman legend of the fight between Horatii and Curiatii. It was first performed at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, on 10 November 1846.

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Recordings

References

1. Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Orazi e Curiazi, 10 November 1846". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
2. Recordings of Orazi e Curiazi, operadis-opera-discography.org.uk

Further reading

• Black, John, The Italian Romantic Libretto: A Study of Salvadore Cammarano, Edinburgh University Press, 1984 ISBN 9780852244630 ISBN 0852244630
• Rose, Michael (1998), “Mercadante, (Giuseppe) Saverio (Raffaele)" in Stanley Sadie, (ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, vol. 3, pp. 334–339. London: Macmillan Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-333-73432-7 ISBN 1-56159-228-5
• Rose, Michael (2001), in Holden, Amanda,(ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, Inc. ISBN 0-14-029312-4

External links

• Orazi e Curiazi (Mercadante): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

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