Telemaco (Gluck)
Telemaco, ossia L'isola di Circe ("Telemachus, or Circe's Island") is an operatic "dramma per musica" in two acts by Christoph Willibald Gluck. The Italian libretto was written by Marco Coltellini after Carlo Sigismondo Capece's libretto for Scarlatti's 1718 opera "Telemaco". The opera was written for the wedding of the Emperor (to be) Joseph II and Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria. Performance history. The first performance was at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 30 January 1765. References. Notes Sources