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Almahide has been raised as a man so she can kill her father’s enemy, Almiro, but she falls in love with him instead. Almiro loves Celinda, who is also loved by King Almanzor but loves the disguised Almahide. Jealousy and threats of violence follow before the conflicts are resolved with two marriages.
Camilla, heir to the Volsci throne, hides as a shepherdess while plotting to overthrow Latinus, who has usurped the crown. She saves Prenesto from a boar, and he falls in love with her. Lavinia hides her lover, the enemy king Turnus, while Latinus presses her to marry. After Camilla is captured and freed by Prenesto, a popular uprising defeats Latinus’s forces. Camilla and Prenesto marry, ending the political conflict.
An Italian dramma per musica by Leonardo Vinci, featuring the title character and her daughters alongside Roman, Capuan and Syracusan figures. The entry does not provide a plot synopsis.
An earlier opera staged in Naples in 1705 under this title, using a libretto revised from Giovanni Pietro Candi and Giulio Convò’s original by Silvio Stampiglia. The source does not identify its composer or give a plot summary.
Persian brothers Artaserse and Idaspe are rivals for Berenice’s love. The king condemns Idaspe to fight a lion in the amphitheatre while Berenice watches. Idaspe strangles the lion, and the people call for mercy, leading to a general reconciliation.
Camilla, heir to the Volsci throne, hides as a shepherdess while plotting against the usurper Latinus. Prenesto falls in love with her after she saves him from a boar. Lavinia hides her lover Turnus, and their political conflicts unfold alongside Camilla’s effort to reclaim the throne. The opera ends with marriage between Camilla and Prenesto, reconciling their rival families.
After pirates abduct Athenian maidens, Imeneo rescues the captives and asks to marry Rosmene. She loves Tirinto but feels obliged to accept Imeneo out of gratitude. Pretending to receive a judgment from the underworld, she chooses Imeneo, and the chorus endorses reason and honor over passion.
Leonardo Vinci’s 1725 opera setting of Silvio Stampiglia’s Partenope libretto, based largely on Domenico Sarro’s earlier setting and incorporating new arias by Vinci.
As Tarquinio and Porsena attack Rome, Horatio defends the bridge and saves the city. Roman soldier Muzio tries to assassinate Porsena, fails, then earns the king’s respect by holding his hand in fire. Clelia escapes captivity, Tarquinio is defeated, and Porsena makes peace, allowing Muzio and Clelia and Horatio and Irene to marry.
A pasticcio setting of Silvio Stampiglia’s Partenope libretto, assembled with arias attributed to Vivaldi, Handel, Hasse, Pergolesi and other Venetian composers. No independent plot summary is given.
An opera about Xerxes I, set in ancient Persia and based on the libretto story used in Francesco Cavalli's 1654 opera Xerse. Silvio Stampiglia's version reshapes the earlier work's structure.
Almahide has been raised as a man so she can kill her father’s enemy, Almiro, but she falls in love with him instead. Almiro loves Celinda, who is also loved by King Almanzor but loves the disguised Almahide. Jealousy and threats of violence follow before the conflicts are resolved with two marriages.
Camilla, heir to the Volsci throne, hides as a shepherdess while plotting to overthrow Latinus, who has usurped the crown. She saves Prenesto from a boar, and he falls in love with her. Lavinia hides her lover, the enemy king Turnus, while Latinus presses her to marry. After Camilla is captured and freed by Prenesto, a popular uprising defeats Latinus’s forces. Camilla and Prenesto marry, ending the political conflict.
An Italian dramma per musica by Leonardo Vinci, featuring the title character and her daughters alongside Roman, Capuan and Syracusan figures. The entry does not provide a plot synopsis.
An earlier opera staged in Naples in 1705 under this title, using a libretto revised from Giovanni Pietro Candi and Giulio Convò’s original by Silvio Stampiglia. The source does not identify its composer or give a plot summary.
Persian brothers Artaserse and Idaspe are rivals for Berenice’s love. The king condemns Idaspe to fight a lion in the amphitheatre while Berenice watches. Idaspe strangles the lion, and the people call for mercy, leading to a general reconciliation.
Camilla, heir to the Volsci throne, hides as a shepherdess while plotting against the usurper Latinus. Prenesto falls in love with her after she saves him from a boar. Lavinia hides her lover Turnus, and their political conflicts unfold alongside Camilla’s effort to reclaim the throne. The opera ends with marriage between Camilla and Prenesto, reconciling their rival families.
After pirates abduct Athenian maidens, Imeneo rescues the captives and asks to marry Rosmene. She loves Tirinto but feels obliged to accept Imeneo out of gratitude. Pretending to receive a judgment from the underworld, she chooses Imeneo, and the chorus endorses reason and honor over passion.
Leonardo Vinci’s 1725 opera setting of Silvio Stampiglia’s Partenope libretto, based largely on Domenico Sarro’s earlier setting and incorporating new arias by Vinci.
As Tarquinio and Porsena attack Rome, Horatio defends the bridge and saves the city. Roman soldier Muzio tries to assassinate Porsena, fails, then earns the king’s respect by holding his hand in fire. Clelia escapes captivity, Tarquinio is defeated, and Porsena makes peace, allowing Muzio and Clelia and Horatio and Irene to marry.
A pasticcio setting of Silvio Stampiglia’s Partenope libretto, assembled with arias attributed to Vivaldi, Handel, Hasse, Pergolesi and other Venetian composers. No independent plot summary is given.
An opera about Xerxes I, set in ancient Persia and based on the libretto story used in Francesco Cavalli's 1654 opera Xerse. Silvio Stampiglia's version reshapes the earlier work's structure.