| L'incoronazione di Dario | |
|---|---|
| Dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi | |
 Probable portrait of Antonio Vivaldi, c. 1723 | |
| Librettist | Adriano Morselli |
| Language | Italian |
| Premiere | 23 January 1717 Teatro Sant'Angelo, Venice |
L'incoronazione di Dario (transl. "The Coronation of Darius") (RV 719) is a dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi with an Italian libretto by Adriano Morselli. The opera was first performed at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice on 23 January 1717.[1]
Roles
| Role | Voice type[2] | Premiere cast 23 January 1717 |
|---|---|---|
| Flora | contralto | Rosa Mignati |
| Arpago | soprano (en travesti) | Antonia Pellizzari |
| Oronte | soprano castrato | Carlo Cristini |
| Alinda | soprano | Maria Teresa Cotti |
| Niceno | bass | Angelo Zannoni |
| Argene | contralto | Anna Maria Fabbri |
| Statira | contralto | Anna Vincenza Dotti |
| Dario | tenor | Annibale Pio Fabri |
Recordings
- 1986 John Elwes, Gérard Lesne, Henri Ledroit, Michel Verschaeve, Ensemble Baroque de Nice dir. Gilbert Bezzina. Harmonia Mundi. HMA 1901235-37.
- 2014 Anders J. Dahlin, Sara Mingardo, Delphine Galou, Riccardo Novaro, Accademia Bizantia. Ottavio Dantone. Naïve Records. B00IGD7OE8.
References
- ^ "italianopera.org". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "L'incoronazione di Dario, 23 January 1717". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
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