- Mutio Scevola
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Francesco Cavalli 
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Mutio Scevola or Muzio Scevola (Mucius Scaevola) is an opera in three acts and a prologue by the Italian composer Francesco Cavalli, with a libretto by Giovanni Faustini. It was based on the story of the Roman hero, Gaius Mucius Scaevola. The opera was first performed at the Teatro San Samuele, Venice on January 26, 1665 and revived in Bologna in 1667.
Roles
Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 26 February 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 References
- Sources
- Brenac, Jean-Claude, Le magazine de l'opéra baroque online at perso.orange.fr Retrieved 9 September 2011
Categories:- 1665 operas
- Operas
- Operas by Francesco Cavalli
- Italian-language opera stubs
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