The Operas of Vivaldi (from "Ottone in villa" 1713, to "Feraspe" 1739)

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This is a more or less complete list of the operas of Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741).

Vivaldi claimed to have composed 94 operas.

In fact, fewer than 50 titles have been identified, of which the scores of 20 or so operas survive, wholly or in part.

Moreover, the practice of reviving works under a different title and of creating pasticci has confused musicologists.

All Vivaldi's works are described as dramma per musica, approximately equivalent to opera seria.

Key:
music completely lost
music preserved at least in part

RV Title Libretto Première date Place, theatre Notes

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1713

729

"Ottone in villa"
Librettist: Lalli. Domenico Lalli 1713-05-00May 1713
Venue: Vicenza,
Teatro di Piazza

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727
"Orlando finto pazzo"
Braccioli
Grazio Braccioli 1714-11-00November 1714 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo


724

"Nerone fatto Cesare"
Noris
Matteo Noris 1715-03-00Carnival 1715 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo

This was in fact a pasticcio
Composers: Francesco Gasparini, Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Carlo Francesco Pollarolo, Vivaldi.


706

La costanza trionfante degl'amori e de gl'odii
librettist: Marchi
Antonio Marchi 1715-03-00Carnival 1716 Venice, Teatro San Moisè

This was reworked as "Artabano, re dei Parti" (RV 701) in 1718, and then as "Doriclea" (RV 708) in 1732


700

Arsilda, regina di Ponto LalliDomenico Lalli 1716-10-2727 or 28 October 1716 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo

719

L'incoronazione di Dario MorselliAdriano Morselli 1717-01-2323 January 1717 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo

737

Tieteberga

LucchiniAntonio Maria Lucchini 1717-10-1616 October 1717 Venice, Teatro San Moisè


999.58Anh 58 vinto

Il vinto trionfante del vincitore MarchiAntonio Marchi 1717-10-00Autumn 1717 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo pasticcio, possibly with some music by Vivaldi

701

Artabano, re dei Parti

MarchiAntonio Marchi 1718-03-00Carnival 1718 Venice, Teatro San Moisè.

This is a reworking of La costanza trionfante (RV 706)


699

"Armida al campo d'Egitto"
Librettist: Palazzi
Giovanni Palazzi 1715-03-01Carnival 1718 Venice, Teatro San Moisè.

Further performances in Venice on 26 December 1730 and 12 February 1738.[1]

This was reworked as "Gl’inganni per vendetta" (RV 720) in 1720


732

Scanderbeg
Librettist:
Salvi
Antonio Salvi 1718-06-2222 June 1718 Florence, Teatro della Pergola

736

"Teuzzone"

ZenoApostolo Zeno 1718-12-2828 December 1718 Mantua, Teatro Arciducale


738

"Tito Manlio Torquato, consule di Roma"
Librettista:
Noris
Matteo Noris 1719-03-00Carnival 1719 Mantua, Teatro Arciducale


778 Tito Manlio NorisMatteo Noris 1719-03-00Carnival 1720 Rome, Teatro della Pace pasticcio. Act III only by Vivaldi.

704

"La Candace, o siano Li veri amici"
Librettista: Silvani
Francesco Silvani and Domenico Lalli 1720-03-00Carnival 1720 Mantua, Teatro Arciducale

720

"Gl’inganni per vendetta"

PalazziGiovanni Palazzi or Domenico Lalli 1720-06-001720 Vicenza, Teatro delle Grazie[2][3] reworking of Armida al campo d’Egitto (RV 699)

739 verità

"La verità in cimento"
PalazziGiovanni Palazzi 1720-10-2626 October (?) 1720 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo

715

"Filippo re di Macedonia LalliDomenico Lalli 1720-12-2727 December 1720 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo pasticcio

734

La Silvia

BissariEnrico Bissari 1721-08-2828 August 1721 Milan, Reggio Ducale

710

"Ercole su'l Termodonte"

Bussani
Librettista: Giacomo Francesco Bussani 1723-01-00January 1723
Venue: Roma,
Teatro Capranica

717

"Il Giustino"

Librettista:
Beregan

Nicolò Beregan / Pietro Pariati 1724-03-00Carnival 1724 Rome, Teatro Capranica

740

"La virtù trionfante dell’amore, e dell’odio, overo Il Tigrane"

Silvani

Francesco Silvani 1724-03-01Carnival 1724 Rome, Teatro Capranica.

This was in fact a pasticcio. Only Act II by Vivaldi.

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721 inganno

"L’inganno trionfante in amore"

NorisMatteo Noris 1726-10-00Autumn 1725 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo

707

"Cunegonda"
Librettista:
Piovene
Agostino Piovene 1726-01-2929 January 1726 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo

712

"La fede tradita e vendicata"
SilvaniFrancesco Silvani 1726-02-1616 February 1726 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo

999.55Anh 55 tirannia

"La tirannia castigata"
SilvaniFrancesco Silvani 1726-03-00Carnival 1726 Prague, Sporck Theater

709

"Dorilla in Tempe"
LucchiniAntonio Maria Lucchini 1726-11-099 November 1726 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo pasticcio

722

"Ipermestra"

SalviAntonio Salvi 1727-01-2525 January 1727 Florence, Teatro della Pergola

711

"Il Farnace"
LucchiniAntonio Maria Lucchini 1727-02-1010 February 1727 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo

735

"Siroe, re di Persia"
Metastasio 1727-05-23Ascension 1727 Reggio Emilia, Teatro Pubblico

728

"Orlando furioso"
BraccioliGrazio Braccioli 1727-10-00Autumn 1727 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo

730

"Rosilena ed Oronta"
PalazziGiovanni Palazzi 1728-03-00Carnival 1728 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo

702

"L'Atenaide"
ZenoApostolo Zeno 1728-12-2929 December 1728 Florence, Teatro della Pergola, 29 December 1728

697

"L'Argippo"

Lalli
Domenico Lalli 1730-10-00Autumn 1730 Prague, Sporck Theater.
Seven arias were rediscovered in Regensburg by Ondrej Macek

696

"Alvilda regina de' Goti"

CorradiGiulio Cesare Corradi 1731-04-00Spring 1731 Prague, Sporck Theater only some arias by Vivaldi, probably from other operas

733

"Semiramide"
SilvaniFrancesco Silvani and Domenico Lalli 1731-04-01Carnival 1731 Mantua, Teatro Arciducale

714

"La fida ninfa"
ScipioneFrancesco Scipione 1732-03-00Carnival 1732 Verona, Teatro Filarmonico

708

"Doriclea"

MarchiAntonio Marchi 1732-99-001732 Prague, Sporck Theater reworking of La costanza trionfante (RV 706)

723

"Motezuma"

GiustiGirolamo Alvise Giusti 1733-11-1414 November 1733 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo

725

"L'Olimpiade"

Metastasio 1734-02-1717 February 1734 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo

695

"L’Adelaide"

SalviAntonio Salvi 1735-04-00Carnival 1735 Verona, Teatro Filarmonico

703

"Il Tamerlano"
(Il Bajazet) PioveneAgostino Piovene 1735-04-01Carnival 1735 Verona, Teatro
Filarmonico pasticcio

718

"La Griselda"
ZenoApostolo Zeno / Carlo Goldoni 1735-05-1818 May 1735 Venice, Teatro San Samuele, 18 May 1735

698

"Aristide"
GoldoniCarlo Goldoni 1735-10-00Autumn 1735 Venice, Teatro San Samuele

716

"Ginevra principessa di Scozia"

SalviAntonio Salvi 1736-01-1717 January 1736 Florence, Teatro della Pergola

705

"Catone in Utica"

Metastasio 1737-05-2626 May 1737 Verona, Teatro Filarmonico

726

"L’oracolo in Messenia"
ZenoApostolo Zeno 1737-12-3030 December 1737 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo

777

"Il giorno felice"
0? 1737-99-991737 Venice

731

"Rosmira fedele"
StampigliaSilvio Stampiglia 1738-01-2727 January 1738 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo
pasticcio arranged by Vivaldi of music by Hasse, Pergolesi, Handel, etc.)

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1739:

713

"Feraspe"
SilvaniFrancesco Silvani 1739-00-001739 Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo

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[edit] ReferencesCross, Eric (1992), 'Vivaldi, Antonio,' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
Some of the information in this article is taken from the related French Wikipedia article.
1.^ Amaeus Almanac, accessed 3 September 2008
2.^ L'opéra baroque — Les compositeurs — Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
3.^ Antonio Vivaldi : tableau chronologique