L'incoronazione di Dario

L'incoronazione di Dario
Dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi
Probable portrait of Antonio Vivaldi, c. 1723
LibrettistAdriano Morselli
LanguageItalian
Premiere
23 January 1717 (1717-01-23)
Teatro Sant'Angelo, Venice
Title page of L'incoronazione di Dario

L'incoronazione di Dario (transl. "The Coronation of Darius") (RV 719) is a dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi with an Italian libretto by Adriano Morselli. The opera was first performed at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice on 23 January 1717.[1]

Roles

Roles, voice types, premiere cast
Role Voice type[2] Premiere cast
23 January 1717
Flora contralto Rosa Mignati
Arpago soprano (en travesti) Antonia Pellizzari
Oronte soprano castrato Carlo Cristini
Alinda soprano Maria Teresa Cotti
Niceno bass Angelo Zannoni
Argene contralto Anna Maria Fabbri
Statira contralto Anna Vincenza Dotti
Dario tenor Annibale Pio Fabri

Recordings

References

  1. ^ "italianopera.org". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  2. ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "L'incoronazione di Dario, 23 January 1717". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).


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