Claudio Cesare (Claudius Caesar / 1672 Boretti / Aureli), opera (music & libretto), Venice premiere
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Claudio Cesare <Italian> / Claudius Caesar (1672) is an opera ("drama per musica"), set to music by Giovanni Antonio Boretti.
~ Original libretto by Aurelio Aureli.
Abstract
An opera on the rise to power of Nero, with no reference to Christian Origins.
Characters
Editions
<Libretto> Published in Venice, Italy: Francesco Nicolini, 1672.
<Score> The ms. is preserved at the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Venice. Italy.
Performance history
Premiered in Venice, Italy: Teatro Vendramino a San Salvatore, 1672. Also performed in Genoa, Italy: Teatro del Falcone, 1675; and in Naples, Italy: 1676.
External links
- [ Wiki.en]