L'oracolo in Messenia

L'oracolo in Messenia
Opera by Antonio Vivaldi
Portrait of Vivaldi, 1725
LibrettistApostolo Zeno
LanguageItalian
Based onMerope  (1713) by Francesco Scipione Maffei
Premiere
1738 (1738)
Teatro San Angelo, Venice

L'oracolo in Messenia (The Oracle of Messene) is a 1738 pasticcio in three acts by Antonio Vivaldi to a libretto by Apostolo Zeno, based on Francesco Scipione Maffei's 1713 play Merope . The opera was composed for the autumn Venetian carnival season of 1738 after Vivaldi took over the Teatro San Angelo from the impresario who had managed it the year before.[1][2] An expanded version was first staged at the Theater am Kärntnertor, Vienna. The original score was lost and a restored version by Fabio Biondi, which includes music by Riccardo Broschi and Geminiano Giacomelli, of that performance was recorded in 2012.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Michael Talbot (2011), The Vivaldi Compendium, p. xxv: "For the carnival season of 1738 he took over the Teatro Sant'Angelo from the impresario who had managed it in the preceding autumn and staged three operas: a new composition (L'oracolo in Messenia), an updated version of an earlier ..."
  2. ^ Karl Heller (1997), Antonio Vivaldi: The Red Priest of Venice, p. 108: "That season included performances of the new opera L'oracolo in Messenia; the pasticcio Rosmira (with arias by, among others, Hasse, Handel, and Pergolesi) arranged by Vivaldi; and Armida al campo d'Egitto, which had first been ..."
  3. ^ a b Ashley, Tim (10 October 2012). "Culture Music Classical music Vivaldi: L'Oracolo in Messenia – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
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