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    Demetrio is an opera libretto in three acts by Pietro Metastasio. It was first performed to music composed by Antonio Caldara on 4 November 1731 during...
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  • Look up Demetrio in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Demetrio may refer to: Demetrio, a variant of the name Demetrius Demetrio (Metastasio), an opera libretto...
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    January 1698 – 12 April 1782), better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːtro metaˈstaːzjo]), was an Italian poet...
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  • is a 1755 setting by Antonio Maria Mazzoni of the libretto by Pietro Metastasio. It was in rehearsal as the third opera for Lisbon's Ópera do Tejo when...
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    It was the composer's first setting of a libretto by the Italian poet Metastasio that was first performed in 1731, one of the most popular of the Metastasian...
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  • revision of Metastasio's 1732 libretto originally set by Hasse. Demetrio, Re di Siria, Amaya Domínguez - mezzo-soprano (Alceste/Demetrio), Bénédicte Tauran...
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    Demofoonte. Libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1787. Opera in three acts premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin on 26 December. Demetrio a Rodi. Libretto by Giandomenico...
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    It was the composer's second setting of a libretto by the Italian poet Metastasio that was first performed in 1731, one of the most popular of the Metastasian...
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    1811. Amongst his compositions were the opera Didone to a libretto by Metastasio, several oratorios, and three collections of arias for voice and piano...
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    composer Josef Mysliveček composed to a libretto by the Italian poet Metastasio first produced in 1744 with music of Johann Adolf Hasse. This opera (and...
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    in Rome) – libretto by Metastasio Artaserse (Rome, 1749) – libretto by Metastasio Demetrio (Parma, 1749) – libretto by Metastasio Intermezzo Don Trastullo...
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    the way, the genre only truly came to fruition due to Metastasio and later composers. Metastasio's career began with the serenata Gli orti esperidi ("The...
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  • events and publications of 1751. May 19 – Demetrio, an opera based on lyrics by court poet Pietro Metastasio, with music by Davide Perez, is performed...
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    L'Olimpiade (category Libretti by Metastasio)
    opera libretto in three acts by Metastasio originally written for an operatic setting by Antonio Caldara of 1733. Metastasio’s plot vaguely draws upon the...
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    Naples, Palazzo reale) Siroe (Pietro Metastasio) (4 Nov. 1740 Naples, Teatro S. Carlo) Demetrio (Pietro Metastasio), (13 June 1741, Palermo, Teatro S....
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  • second version: 8 July 1734 Rome; second version: Dresden Demetrio opera seria 3 acts Metastasio Carnival 1732; second version: 8 February 1740 Venice, Teatro...
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  • Teatro Argentina in Rome. The Italian libretto was written by Pietro Metastasio, who was considered to be the most important opera seria librettist. Antigono...
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    died in Paris. Nerone (Rome, 1735) Adriano in Siria on a libretto by Metastasio (1735–1736) Giuseppe riconosciuto (1736) La tirannide debellata (1736)...
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  • musica 3 acts Metastasio 26 December 1741 Milan, Regio Ducale 2 arias preserved Demetrio (Cleonice) dramma per musica 3 acts Metastasio 2 May 1742 Venice...
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    opere serie, for which his librettists included the poet and dramatist Metastasio, were also widely popular. Throughout his career Galuppi held official...
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    Zenobia (opera seria, libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1761, Naples) Demetrio (opera seria, libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1762, Naples) Merope (opera seria,...
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  • Moretti 26 December 1784 Florence, Teatro della Pergola Demetrio opera seria 4 pieces only Metastasio 1785 London, King's Theatre La finta principessa opera...
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    libretto Demetrio by Pietro Metastasio. First set by the composer Antonio Caldara for the imperial court of Vienna in 1731, it was one of Metastasio's most...
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  • Milan, Teatro Regio Ducale Demetrio (1st version) Metastasio 24 May 1773 Pavia, Teatro Nuovo Romolo ed Ersilia Metastasio 13 August 1773 Naples, Teatro...
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  • performance in Vienna. The libretto may also have been derived from one by Metastasio, which Rossi used for Semiramide riconosciuta by Giacomo Meyerbeer. now...
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    Mysliveček. It was the composer's first setting of this popular libretto by Metastasio first produced in 1733 (it was common in the second half of the eighteenth...
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    as an author of opera seria, often composed to the libretti of Pietro Metastasio. Fiorillo was born in Naples, Italy. His musical education was supported...
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  • vecchio credulo opera buffa Carnival 1769 Naples, Teatro Nuovo Demetrio opera seria Metastasio 30 May 1769 Naples, Teatro San Carlo Gli sposi perseguitati...
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    a new opera theater in Pavia in 1773 (his first setting of Metastasio's libretto Demetrio). Other than a reputation for promiscuity recorded in the Mozart...
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    acts Metastasio carnival 1751 Livorno, San Sebastiano Adriano in Siria dramma per musica 3 acts Metastasio carnival 1752 Venice, San Cassiano Demetrio dramma...
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