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Ezio (libretto)

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Ezio is an opera libretto by Metastasio, first officially set to music by Pietro Auletta and premièred in the Teatro delle Dame, Rome, on December 26, 1728; an unauthorized setting by Nicola Porpora had already been premièred a month earlier (November 20) in Venice.

Other notable settings include:

  • Ezio (Handel), King's Theatre, London 1732
  • Ezio (Mysliveček) (1775), Naples
  • Ezio (Mysliveček) (1777), Munich – completely new music
  • Ezio (Gluck), Prague 1750, revised Vienna 1763
  • Ezio (1730), Johann Adolph Hasse, Naples, revised Dresden 1755
  • Ezio (1750), Davide Perez, Teatro Regio Ducal, Milan
  • Ezio (1757), Tommaso Traetta, Teatro delle Dame, Rome
  • Ezio (Latilla), Naples 1758

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    Ezio (libretto) Wikipedia
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