Il Parnaso confuso

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Operas Demofoonte (1743) Ipermestra (1744) La caduta de' giganti (1746) Le nozze d'Ercole e d'Ebe (1747) La Semiramide riconosciuta (1748) Ezio (1750) La clemenza di Tito (1752) Le cinesi (1754) La danza (1755) L'innocenza giustificata (1755) Antigono (1756) Il re pastore (1756) La fausse esclave (1758) La Cythère assiégée (1759) L'île de Merlin (1758) Le diable à quatre (1759) L'arbre enchanté (1759) L'ivrogne corrigé (1760) Tetide (1760) Le cadi dupé (1761) Orfeo ed Euridice (1762) Il trionfo di Clelia (1760) La rencontre imprévue (1764) Il Parnaso confuso (1765) Telemaco (1765) La corona (1765, unperformed) Alceste (1767) Le feste d'Apollo (1769) Paride ed Elena (1770) Iphigénie en Aulide (1774) Armide (1777) Iphigénie en Tauride (1779) Echo et Narcisse (1779) See also: Operas by Gluck

Il Parnaso confuso (Parnassus in Turmoil) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of an azione teatrale in one act. The Italian-language libretto is by Pietro Metastasio. The opera premiered on 24 January 1765 at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. All the members of the cast were archduchesses of the Habsburg family and the work was conducted by the future Emperor Leopold II from the harpsichord.

Roles

Cast	Voice type	Premiere
Apollo	soprano	Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria
Melpomene	soprano	Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria
Erato	soprano	Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria
Euterpe	soprano	Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria

Il Parnaso confuso The Queen's Chamber Band, conducted by Rudolph Palmer (Albany Records, 2004)

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