Arsilda, regina di Ponto
Music by Antonio Vivaldi · libretto by Domenico Lalli · premiered 1716 · at Teatro San Angelo
Arsilda, regina di Ponto is a dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi to a libretto by Domenico Lalli. The opera was first performed at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice on 27 or 28 October 1716.
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About the Composer
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe, giving origin to many imitators and admirers. He pioneered many developments in orchestration, violin technique and programmatic music. He consolidated the emerging concerto form, especially the solo concerto, into a widely accepted and followed idiom. Vivaldi composed many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other musical instruments, as well as sacred choral works and more than fifty operas. His best-known work is a series…
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Other Operas by Antonio Vivaldi
- Griselda (1701)
- Atenaide (1709)
- Orlando furioso (1714)
- Argippo (1717)
- Armida al campo d'Egitto (1718)
- La verità in cimento (1720)
- La Silvia (1721)
- Ercole su'l Termodonte (1723)