First performance 9 February 1664 | Language Italian | |
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Characters Sophonisba, Hasdrubal Gisco, Scipio Africanus, Masinissa, Syphax Similar L'Oristeo, Erismena, Veremonda, Le nozze di Teti e di P, Xerse | ||
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.
References
Scipione affricano Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA