Opera in the Repertoire · Baroque
Ambleto
Music by Francesco Gasparini
Ambleto is an opera in three acts by Francesco Gasparini with a libretto by Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati. It was first performed at Teatro San Cassiano in Venice for the carnival in 1706. It was possibly one of the earliest operas written on the subject of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, but uninfluenced by it, and the first in Italian.
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About the Composer
Francesco Gasparini (19 March 1661 – 22 March 1727) was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher whose works were performed throughout Italy, and also on occasion in the Holy Roman Empire and England.
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Other Operas by Francesco Gasparini
- Bajazet (1711)