Language Italian | ||
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Composers Domenico Sarro, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Leonardo Leo Similar Adriano in Siria, Catone in Utica, La Nitteti, L'Olimpiade, Il Flaminio | ||
Achille in Sciro is an opera seria by composer Domenico Sarro. The opera uses an Italian language libretto by Pietro Metastasio. It was commissioned for the opening of the Teatro di San Carlo by King Charles VII of Naples, later known as Charles III of Spain. The work premiered at the inauguration of the theatre on 4 November 1737, Charles's name day. It is based on the story of Achilles on Skyros.
The opera was not performed for more than 250 years until it was revived at the Festival della Valle d'Itria in 2007. That performance was recorded live and released on CD by Dynamic Records in 2008. The cast was as follows:
Metastasio's libretto is also the basis of Niccolò Jommelli's 1749 opera of the same title.
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