title: Didone abbandonata (Mercadante)
text: # Didone abbandonata (Mercadante)
  
  Didone abbandonata is an 1823 opera in two acts by Saverio Mercadante to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola after Metastasio's Didone abbandonata. It was first performed on 18 January 1823 at the Teatro Regio in Turin.
  
  | Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 18 January 1823 Conductors: Luigi Molino [it] (1st violin) and Bernardo Ottani [it] (harpsichord) |
  | - | - | - |
  | Didone, Queen of Carthage | soprano | Carolina Neri Passerini |
  | Enea, in love with Dido | contralto en travesti | Fanny Eckerlin |
  | Jarba, under the name Arbace, King of the Moors | tenor | Nicola Tacchinardi |
  | Osmida, Didone's confidant | bass | Raffaele Benetti |
  | Araspe, Jarba's confidant, secretly in love with Selene | tenor | Pietro Gentili |
  | Selene, Sidone's sister, secretly in love with Enea | soprano | Gioconda Vitali |
  | Role | Voice type | Premiere (in modern times), 18 August 2018 Conductors: Alessandro de Marchi (Conductor) |
  | Didone, Queen of Carthage | soprano | Viktorija Miskunaite |
  | Enea, in love with Dido | contralto en travesti | Katrin Wundsam |
  | Jarba, under the name Arbace, King of the Moors | tenor | Carlo Allemano |
  | Osmida, Didone's confidant | bass | Pietro Di Bianco |
  | Araspe, Jarba's confidant, secretly in love with Selene | tenor | Diego Godoy |
  | Selene, Sidone's sister, secretly in love with Enea | soprano | Emilie Renard |
  
  ## Recording
  
  * Didone abbandonata – Viktorija Miskunaite, Katrin Wundsam, Carlo Allemano, Emilie Renard, Diego Godoy, Pietro di Bianco, Coro Maghini, Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi DVD, Naxos, 2018
  