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L'Angelica

libretto by Metastasio previously set by other composers · premiered 1720

L'Angelica is a serenata by João de Sousa Carvalho to a libretto by Metastasio previously set by other composers. The plot concerns how Angelica thwarts the noble Orlando and elopes with Medoro. The 1720 serenata Angelica e Medoro by Nicola Porpora is a setting of the same libretto.

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