L'incoronazione di Dario explained

L'incoronazione di Dario
Type:	Dramma per musica
Composer:	Antonio Vivaldi
Image Upright:	1.1
Librettist:	Adriano Morselli
Language:	Italian
Premiere Location:	Teatro Sant'Angelo, Venice

L'incoronazione di Dario (RV 719) is a dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi with an Italian libretto by Adriano Morselli. The opera was first performed at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice on 23 January 1717.^[1]

Roles

!Role!Voice type!Premiere cast
23 January 1717

Flora	contralto	Rosa Mignati
Arpago	soprano (en travesti)	Antonia Pellizzari
Oronte	soprano castrato	Carlo Cristini
Alinda	soprano	Maria Teresa Cotti
Niceno	bass	Angelo Zannoni
Argene	contralto	Anna Maria Fabbri
Statira	contralto	Anna Vincenza Dotti
Dario	tenor	Annibale Pio Fabri

Recordings

• 1986 John Elwes, Gérard Lesne, Henri Ledroit, Michel Verschaeve, Ensemble Baroque de Nice dir. Gilbert Bezzina. Harmonia Mundi. HMA 1901235-37.
• 2014 Anders J. Dahlin, Sara Mingardo, Delphine Galou, Riccardo Novaro, Accademia Bizantia. Ottavio Dantone. Naïve Records. B00IGD7OE8.

Notes and References

1. Web site: italianopera.org . 2020-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928193934/http://www.italianopera.org/italianOPERAuk.php?f=compositori%2FV%2Fc2210991.htm . 2011-09-28 . dead .