Angelica e Medoro
A serenata based on episodes from Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando furioso, set by Nicola Porpora to a libretto by Metastasio. The plot details are not documented in the available text.
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A serenata based on episodes from Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando furioso, set by Nicola Porpora to a libretto by Metastasio. The plot details are not documented in the available text.
Berenice is betrothed to Antigono but loves his exiled son Demetrio, while Antigono’s daughter Ismene loves Alessandro, king of Macedonia’s enemy Epirus. Their romantic conflicts unfold amid a struggle between Antigono and Alessandro, and are resolved when Antigono forgives his rivals and permits Berenice to marry Demetrio.
Leonardo Vinci’s opera is the original setting of Metastasio’s libretto Catone in Utica. The available text does not provide plot details.
An Italian opera seria in three acts by Josef Mysliveček, his first setting of Metastasio’s Demetrio libretto. The characters include Cleonice, queen of Syria, and Alceste, who is later revealed to be Demetrio, king of Syria.
An Italian opera seria in three acts by Josef Mysliveček, his second setting of Metastasio’s Demetrio libretto. Its characters include Cleonice, queen of Syria, and Alceste, later revealed as Demetrio, king of Syria.
A three-act Italian dramma per musica by Giuseppe Sarti, based on the story of Dido and Aeneas and set to Metastasio’s libretto.
After defeating Attila, Roman general Ezio returns to find Emperor Valentiniano intent on marrying Fulvia, whom Ezio loves. Fulvia’s father Massimo plots against the emperor and falsely implicates Ezio; Fulvia shields her father, and when Ezio’s loyalty is revealed, the emperor pardons Massimo and allows the lovers to marry.
An Italian opera seria in three acts by Josef Mysliveček, his first setting of Metastasio’s Ezio libretto, based on events in the lives of Roman emperor Valentinian III and general Aetius. Its characters include Ezio, Fulvia and Emperor Valentiniano.
An Italian opera seria in three acts by Josef Mysliveček, his second setting of Metastasio’s Ezio libretto, based on the lives of Roman emperor Valentinian III and general Aetius. The Munich court required a completely new score for this setting.
During a siege of Rome, hostage Clelia rejects Tarquinio’s advances and uncovers his treacherous attack. After escaping across the Tiber, she exposes his guilt to King Porsenna, who makes peace with Rome and frees her.
Johann Adolph Hasse’s setting of Metastasio’s libretto draws on the myth underlying Aeschylus’ Suppliants. The available text does not describe the plot.
Vitellia plots revenge against Emperor Tito by persuading Sesto to assassinate him. The conspiracy fails, and the Senate condemns Sesto, but Tito tears up the death warrant and extends clemency to both Sesto and Vitellia after she confesses; marriages unite the two couples.
Manuel García’s chamber opera is a comic setting of Metastasio’s libretto Le cinesi, composed for his students. The available text does not provide the plot.
An Italian opera seria in three acts by Josef Mysliveček, set to Metastasio’s libretto Ipermestra.
An Italian opera seria in three acts by Josef Mysliveček, setting Metastasio’s libretto about Romolo and Ersilia. Its principal characters include the Roman king and founder, his Sabine fiancée, and Acronte, a rival who also loves Ersilia.
In Persia, Themistocles and his son Neocles arrive incognito in Susa after exile from Athens. His daughter Aspasia, who loves the Athenian ambassador Lysimachus, has also reached the city after a shipwreck. Once their identities and circumstances are revealed, King Xerxes pardons them, unites the lovers, and makes peace with Athens.
Zanaida is a three-act opera seria by Johann Christian Bach, with a libretto by Giovanni Gualberto Bottarelli based on Metastasio’s Siface, re di Numidia. Bottarelli relocated the action from North Africa to Persia.
A serenata based on episodes from Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando furioso, set by Nicola Porpora to a libretto by Metastasio. The plot details are not documented in the available text.
Berenice is betrothed to Antigono but loves his exiled son Demetrio, while Antigono’s daughter Ismene loves Alessandro, king of Macedonia’s enemy Epirus. Their romantic conflicts unfold amid a struggle between Antigono and Alessandro, and are resolved when Antigono forgives his rivals and permits Berenice to marry Demetrio.
Leonardo Vinci’s opera is the original setting of Metastasio’s libretto Catone in Utica. The available text does not provide plot details.
An Italian opera seria in three acts by Josef Mysliveček, his first setting of Metastasio’s Demetrio libretto. The characters include Cleonice, queen of Syria, and Alceste, who is later revealed to be Demetrio, king of Syria.
An Italian opera seria in three acts by Josef Mysliveček, his second setting of Metastasio’s Demetrio libretto. Its characters include Cleonice, queen of Syria, and Alceste, later revealed as Demetrio, king of Syria.
A three-act Italian dramma per musica by Giuseppe Sarti, based on the story of Dido and Aeneas and set to Metastasio’s libretto.
After defeating Attila, Roman general Ezio returns to find Emperor Valentiniano intent on marrying Fulvia, whom Ezio loves. Fulvia’s father Massimo plots against the emperor and falsely implicates Ezio; Fulvia shields her father, and when Ezio’s loyalty is revealed, the emperor pardons Massimo and allows the lovers to marry.
An Italian opera seria in three acts by Josef Mysliveček, his first setting of Metastasio’s Ezio libretto, based on events in the lives of Roman emperor Valentinian III and general Aetius. Its characters include Ezio, Fulvia and Emperor Valentiniano.
An Italian opera seria in three acts by Josef Mysliveček, his second setting of Metastasio’s Ezio libretto, based on the lives of Roman emperor Valentinian III and general Aetius. The Munich court required a completely new score for this setting.
During a siege of Rome, hostage Clelia rejects Tarquinio’s advances and uncovers his treacherous attack. After escaping across the Tiber, she exposes his guilt to King Porsenna, who makes peace with Rome and frees her.
Johann Adolph Hasse’s setting of Metastasio’s libretto draws on the myth underlying Aeschylus’ Suppliants. The available text does not describe the plot.
Vitellia plots revenge against Emperor Tito by persuading Sesto to assassinate him. The conspiracy fails, and the Senate condemns Sesto, but Tito tears up the death warrant and extends clemency to both Sesto and Vitellia after she confesses; marriages unite the two couples.
Manuel García’s chamber opera is a comic setting of Metastasio’s libretto Le cinesi, composed for his students. The available text does not provide the plot.
An Italian opera seria in three acts by Josef Mysliveček, set to Metastasio’s libretto Ipermestra.
An Italian opera seria in three acts by Josef Mysliveček, setting Metastasio’s libretto about Romolo and Ersilia. Its principal characters include the Roman king and founder, his Sabine fiancée, and Acronte, a rival who also loves Ersilia.
In Persia, Themistocles and his son Neocles arrive incognito in Susa after exile from Athens. His daughter Aspasia, who loves the Athenian ambassador Lysimachus, has also reached the city after a shipwreck. Once their identities and circumstances are revealed, King Xerxes pardons them, unites the lovers, and makes peace with Athens.
Zanaida is a three-act opera seria by Johann Christian Bach, with a libretto by Giovanni Gualberto Bottarelli based on Metastasio’s Siface, re di Numidia. Bottarelli relocated the action from North Africa to Persia.