Hipermestra

Hipermestra is an opera in a prologue and 3 acts by Francesco Cavalli - more specifically, it is a festa teatrale.

The opera was set to a libretto by G. A. Moniglia, and was first performed at Florence on 12 June 1658.

The plot is based upon the ancient tale of Hypermnestra, a story that also later served as a basis for a well-known libretto Ipermestra by Metastasio.

The opera was revived by the Early Music festival in Utrecht in 2006 by La Sfera Armoniosa under Mike Fentross.

A modern production staged by Graham Vick and conducted by William Christie took place at Glyndebourne in 2017 .