Ercole su'l Termodonte
Music by Antonio Vivaldi · libretto by Antonio Salvi · premiered 1723 · at Teatro Capranica
Ercole su'l Termodonte (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛrkole sul termoˈdonte]; Hercules in Thermodon) is a baroque Italian opera in three acts.
In 1723, it became the sixteenth opera set to music by Antonio Vivaldi.
Its catalogue number is RV 710.
The libretto was written by Antonio Salvi (not Giacomo Francesco Bussani as previously misattributed).
The opera was premiered on 23 January 1723 in Rome's Teatro Capranica.
Due to a papal edict preventing women from appearing onstage in Rome, it premiered with castrati singing all the female roles.
Vivaldi was both conductor and violin soloist. Although the score was believed to have been lost, 30 arias and 2 duets were discovered in several archives, and the rest of the opera was reconstructed by Alessandro Ciccolini.
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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)
- Arsilda, regina di Ponto (1716)
- Argippo (1717)
- Armida al campo d'Egitto (1718)
- La verità in cimento (1720)
- La Silvia (1721)