Il sogno di Scipione
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · libretto by Pietro Metastasio · premiered 1772 · at Salzburg
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126, is a dramatic serenade in one act (azione teatrale) composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio, which is based on the book Somnium Scipionis by Cicero; Metastasio's libretto has been set to music several times. Mozart had originally composed the work at the age of 15 for his patron, Prince-Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach. After the bishop's death before it could be performed, Mozart dedicated it to Schrattenbach's successor, Count Colloredo. It was given a private performance in the Archbishop's Palace in Salzburg on 1 May 1772, although not in its entirety. Only one aria, the final chorus and the recitative dedicating it to the new Prince-Archbishop were performed. It is highly unlikely that it was ever performed in its entirety in Mozart's lifetime.
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About the Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Don Giovanni (1630)
- Idomeneo (1705)
- Apollo et Hyacinthus (1767)
- Ascanio in Alba (1771)
- Il re pastore (1775)
- Alexandre et Roxane (1778)
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1782)
- Da Ponte operas (1786)