Category:Titus--music (subject)

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Works of music related to Titus

Overview

The Emperor Titus first appeared on the musical stage in 1666 as protagonist of the love story with Berenice, and in 1678 in a supporting role in the conflict between Vespasian and Domitian.

Titus's association with the Jewish princess would continue to inspire librettists and composers for centuries, until Magnard's opera in 1909.

It was however a sequel of the story, La clemenza di Tito (1734) by Pietro Metastasio, which gave great popularity to the character of Titus. The libretto was set to music by more than 40 composers, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Today, the numerous performances and recordings of Mozart's opera, in addition to some occasional revivals of Magnard's opera, still offer to opera singers the opportunity to play the role of Titus.

Performing Titus (singers)

Since the end of the 17th century, Titus has offered a protagonist role to major opera singers. Among the early interpreters the most renowned is Francesco Tolve, who was also the first to "specialize" in the role. In 1737-38 we find him as protagonist in three major productions of La clemenza di Tito, in London, Verona and Venice.


Year Tutus Opera / Oratorio Country Notes
1714 Domenico Maria Tempesti Tito e Berenice (Titus and Berenice / 1714 Caldara / Capece), opera (music & libretto), Rome premiere (cast) Italy
1725 Carlo Scalzi Berenice (1725 Orlandini / Pasqualigo), opera (music & libretto), Venice premiere (cast) Italy
1735 Angelo Amorevoli Tito Vespasiano; ovvero, La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1735 Hasse / @1734 Metastasio), opera (music), Pesaro premiere (cast) Italy
1735 Annibale Pio Fabri La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1735 Leo / @1734 Metastasio), opera (music), Venice premiere (cast) Italy
1736 Cristoffaro del Rosso La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1736 Ciocchetti / @1734 Metastasio), opera (music), Genoa premiere (cast) Italy
1737 Pietro Baratti La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1737 Marchi / @1734 Metastasio), opera (music), Milan premiere (cast) Italy
1737 Francesco Tolve La clemenza di Tito / The Clemency of Titus (1737 Veracini / Cori, @1734 Metastasio), opera (music), London premiere (cast) England
1738 Francesco Tolve La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1738 Arena / @1734 Metastasio), opera (music), Turin premiere (cast) Italy
1748 Giovanni Donini La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1748 Pampani / @1734 Metastasio), opera (music), Venice premiere (cast) Italy
1753 Christoph von Hager La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1753 Jommelli / @1734 Metastasio), opera (music), Stuttgart premiere (cast) Germany
1753 Carlo Carlani La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1753 Valentini / Palomba, @1734 Metastasio), opera (music), Bologna premiere (cast) Italy
1755 Antonio Raaff La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1755 Mazzoni / @1734 Metastasio), opera (music), Lisbon premiere (cast) Portugal
1757 [[]] La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1757 Ciampi / @1734 Metastasio), opera (music), Venice premiere (cast) Italy
1757 Francesco Buccolini La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1757 Cristiani / @1734 Metastasio), opera (music), Camerino premiere (cast) Italy
1760 [[]] La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1760 Galuppi / @1734 Metastasio), opera (music), Turin premiere (cast) Italy
1760 [[]] La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1760 Scarlatti / @1734 Metastasio), opera (music), Venice premiere (cast) Italy
1770 Lorenzo Tonarelli Berenice (1770 Platania / Durandi), opera (music & libretto), Turin premiere (cast) Italy
1798 Antonio Gordegiani La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1798 Ottani / @1734 Metastasio), opera (music), Turin premiere (cast) Italy [1]
1791 Antonio Baglioni (++) La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1791 Mozart / Mazzolà, @1734 Metastasio), opera (music & libretto), Prague premiere (cast) Bohemia [2]
1793 Girolamo Crescentini Tito e Berenice (Titus and Berenice / 1793 Nasolini / Foppa), opera (music & libretto), Venice premiere (cast) Italy [3] [4]
1824 Sig. Nozzari Berenice in Roma (Berenice in Rome / 1824 Raimondi / Bordese), opera (music & libretto), Naples premiere (cast) Italy
1858 Giuseppe Limberti La distruzione di Gerusalemme (The Destruction of Jerusalem / 1858 Pacini / Fioretti), oratorio (music & libretto), Florence premiere (cast) Italy
1911 Laurent Swolfs Bérénice (1911 Ruhlmann / @1909 Magnard), opera, Paris premiere (cast) France [5]
1980 Eric Tappy La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1980 Ponnelle, Levine / @1791 Mozart), filmed opera [6]
1987 Stefan Dahlberg La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus / 1987 Olofsson, Järvefelt, Östman / @1791 Mozart), filmed operas [7]
1992 René Massis Bérénice (1992 Soustrout / @1909 Magnard), opera, Montpellier production, sound recording (cast) France [8]
1909 Marc Barrard Bérénice (2001 Delogu / @1909 Magnard), opera, Marseille production, sound recording (cast) France
2011 Brian Mulligan Bérénice (2011 Botstein / @1909 Magnard), opera, New York (Carnegie) production (cast) United States [9]
2014 Jean-Sébastien Bou Bérénice (2014 Ossonce / @1909 Magnard), opera, Tours production (cast) France [10]

Pages in category "Titus--music (subject)"

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