Scipione affricano

Scipione affricano (Scipio Africanus) is an opera in a prologue and three acts by Francesco Cavalli. It was designated as a dramma per musica. The Italian libretto was by Nicolò Minato.

Performance history

It was first performed in Venice at the Teatro SS. Giovanni e Paolo on 9 February 1664. It was also given in Rome in 1671 with the castrato Giovanni Francesco Grossi as a celebrated Siface. Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani produced a greatly revised version of the opera for the Carnival of Venice in 1678.

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere Cast, February 9, 1664
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Asdrubale tenor
Ericlea soprano
Luceio soprano
Polinio soprano
Siface alto Giovanni Francesco Grossi
Massanissa bass
Sofonisba soprano
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References

Sources
  • Amadeus Almanac, accessed 4 November 2008
  • Clinksdale, Martha Novak, "Scipione affricano" , The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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