Mutio Scevola

Title page of the 1665 Venetian libretto

Mutio Scevola or Muzio Scevola (Mucius Scaevola) is an opera (drama per musica) in three acts by the Italian composer Francesco Cavalli, with a libretto by Nicolò Minato. It was based on the story of the Roman hero, Gaius Mucius Scaevola. The opera was first performed at the Teatro San Salvatore, Venice on 26 January 1665 and revived in Bologna in 1667. The libretto is dedicated to Philippe Jules Mancini, Duke of Nevers, the nephew of Cardinal Mazarin.

Roles

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Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 26 January 1665
(Conductor: – )
Muzio Scevola tenor
Orazio soprano
Porsenna tenor
Publicola bass
Melvio contralto
Tarquinio bass
Valeria soprano
Elisa soprano
Vitellia soprano
Ismeno bass
Clodio contralto
Floro soprano
Porfiria contralto
Milo contralto
Publio tenor
La statua di Giano bass
Pallade contralto
Venere indefinite
Two vestal virgins backing singers

Recordings

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  • Atto I Scena 7 "Né fastosa allor che ride - Né dolente allor che freme" Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón, François Joubert-Caillet, Mariana Flores, Anna Reinhold 2014
  • "L'aspetto feroce" Giulia Semenzato (soprano), Raffaele Pe (alto) La Venexiana Claudio Cavina 2015

References

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