Niobe, regina di Tebe

Niobe, regina di Tebe is a rarely performed opera in 3 Acts by Agostino Steffani, first performed at the Munich court theatre during the carnival season of 1688. It is a tragedy focusing on the Ancient Greek character of Niobe. The libretto is by Orlandi, after Ovid's Metamorphoses. The score is in the National Library in Vienna. Excerpts have been published in Riemann Ausgewählte Werke iii.

External links

• Site of the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble's performance of Niobe at the Schwetzingen Festival 2008
• Site of the 2010 Covent Garden production
• Review of the 2010 Covent Garden production from The Independent
• Site of the Boston Early Music Festival production