List of operas by Johann Adolph Hasse explained

This is a complete list of the operas of the German composer Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783).

List

TitleGenre!Sub­divisionsLibretto!Première datePlace, theatre
Antioco
(incompletely preserved)
opera seria3 actsApostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati11 August 1721Braunschweig
Antonio e Cleopatraserenata2 partsFrancesco RicciardiSeptember 1725Naples
Il Sesostrateopera seria3 actsApostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati's Sesostri, adapted by Angelo Carasale13 May 1726Naples
La Semele, o sia La richiesta fataleserenata2 partsFrancesco RicciardiAutumn 1726Naples
L'Astartoopera seria3 actsApostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati, adapted by Angelo CarasaleDecember 1726Naples
Gerone tiranno di Siracusaopera seria3 acts Aurelio Aureli19 November 1727Naples
Enea in Caoniaserenata2 partsLuigi Maria Stampiglia1727Naples
Attalo, re di Bitiniaopera seria3 actsFrancesco SilvaniMay 1728Naples
L'Ulderica
(incompletely preserved)
opera seria3 actsunknown29 January 1729Naples
La sorella amantecommedia per musica2 actsBernardo SaddumeneEaster 1729Naples
Tigraneopera seria3 actsFrancesco Silvani4 November 1729Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo
L'Erminia2 actsBernardo SaddumeneWinter 1729Naples
Artaserseopera seria3 actsMetastasioFebruary 1730;
second version: 9 September 1740;
third version: 1760
Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Crisostomo;
second version: Dresden;
third version: Naples
Dalisa
(incompletely preserved)
opera seria3 actsDomenico Lalli, after Nicolò Minato17 May 1730Venice, Teatro San Samuele
Arminio
(incompletely preserved)
opera seria3 actsAntonio Salvi28 August 1730Milan
Ezioopera seria3 actsMetastasioAutumn 1730;
second version: 1755
Naples;
second version: Dresden
Cleofideopera seria3 actsMichelangelo Boccardi, after Metastasio's Alessandro nell'Indie13 September 1731Dresden, Hoftheater
Catone in Utica
(incompletely preserved)
opera seria3 actsMetastasio26 December 1731Turin
Cajo Fabricioopera seria3 actsApostolo Zeno12 January 1732;
second version: 8 July 1734
Rome

second version: Dresden
Demetrioopera seria3 actsMetastasioCarnival 1732;
second version: 8 February 1740
Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Crisostomo;
second version: Dresden
Euristeoopera seria3 actsApostolo Zeno, adapted by Domenico LalliMay 1732Venice
Issipileopera seria3 actsMetastasio1 October 1732Naples
Siroe, re di Persiaopera seria3 actsMetastasio2 May 1733;
second version: 1763
Bologna

second version: Dresden
Sei tu, Lidippe, o il soleserenata1 actStefano Benedetto Pallavicino2 August 1734Dresden
Tito Vespasiano
(La clemenza di Tito)
opera seria3 actsMetastasio24 September 1735;
second version: 17 January 1738;
third version: 1759
Pesaro

second version: Dresden;
third version: Naples
Alessandro nell'Indieopera seria3 actsMetastasio1736Venice
Senocritaopera seria5 actsStefano Benedetto Pallavicino27 February 1737Dresden
Atalantaopera seria3 actsStefano Benedetto Pallavicino26 July 1737Dresden
Asteriafavola pastorale3 actsStefano Benedetto Pallavicino3 August 1737Dresden
Ireneopera seria3 actsStefano Benedetto Pallavicino8 February 1738Dresden
Alfonsoopera seria5 actsStefano Benedetto Pallavicino11 May 1738Dresden
Viriateopera seria3 actsDomenico Lalli after Metastasio's SifaceCarnival 1739Venice
Numa Pompilioopera seria3 actsStefano Benedetto Pallavicino7 October 1741Hubertusburg
Pimpinella e Marcantoniointermezzo1 actunknown1741Dresden
Lucio Papirioopera seria3 actsApostolo Zeno18 January 1742Dresden
Didone abbandonataopera seria3 actsMetastasio, adapted by Francesco Algarotti7 October 1742;
second version: 4 February 1743
Hubertusburg;
second version: Dresden
Asilo d'amorefesta teatrale1 actMetastasio7 October 1743Hubertusburg
Antigonoopera seria3 actsMetastasio 20 January 1744Dresden, Hoftheater
Ipermestraopera seria3 actsMetastasio 8 January 1744;
second version: 7 October 1751
Vienna

second version: Hubertusburg
Semiramide riconosciutaopera seria3 actsMetastasio26 December 1744;
second version: 11 January 1747
Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Crisostomo;
second version: Dresden
Arminioopera seria3 actsGiovanni Claudio Pasquini7 October 1745;
second version: 8 January 1753
Dresden
(both versions)
La spartana generosa, ovvero Archidamiaopera seria3 actsGiovanni Claudio Pasquini14 June 1747Dresden
Leucippofavola pastorale3 actsGiovanni Claudio Pasquini7 October 1747;
second version: 7 January 1751;
third version: 1757
Hubertusburg;
second version: Dresden;
third version: Schwetzingen
Demofoonteopera seria3 actsMetastasio (Demofonte)9 February 1748;
second version: Carnival 1749;
third version: 1758
Dresden;
second version: Venice;
third version: Naples
Il natal di Gioveserenata1 actMetastasio7 October 1749Hubertusburg
Attilio Regoloopera seria3 actsMetastasio12 January 1750Dresden
Endimionefesta teatrale2 actsafter Metastasioaround 1750Warsaw
Ciro riconosciutoopera seria3 actsMetastasio20 January 1751;
second version: 17 January 1762
Dresden;
second version: Warsaw
Adriano in Siriaopera seria3 actsMetastasio17 January 1752Dresden
Solimanoopera seria3 actsGiovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca5 February 1753Dresden
L'eroe cineseopera seria3 actsMetastasio7 October 1753Hubertusburg
Artemisiaopera seria3 actsGiovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca6 February 1754Dresden
Ezio
(revision of the 1730 version)
opera seria3 actsMetastasio, adapted by Giovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca20 January 1755Dresden
Il re pastoreopera seria3 actsMetastasio7 October 1755;
second version: 7 October 1762
Hubertusburg;
second version: Warsaw
L'Olimpiadeopera seria3 actsMetastasio16 February 1756;
second version: 26 December 1764
Dresden;
second version: Turin
Nittetiopera seria3 actsMetastasioCarnival 1758;
second version: 3 August 1759
Venice;
second version: Warsaw
Il sogno di Scipioneazione teatrale1 actMetastasio7 October 1758Warsaw
Demofoonte
(revision of the 1748 version)
opera seria3 actsMetastasio4 November 1758Naples
La clemenza di Tito
(revision of the 1735 version)
opera seria3 actsMetastasio20 January 1759Naples
Achille in Sciroopera seria3 actsMetastasio4 November 1759Naples
Artaserse
(revision of the 1730 version)
opera seria3 actsMetastasio26 or 27 January 1760Naples
Alcide al Biviofesta teatrale1 actMetastasio7 October 1760
(in celebration of the marriage of Archduke Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor and Princess Isabella Maria of Parma)
Vienna, Hofburg
Zenobiaopera seria3 actsMetastasio7 October 1761Warsaw
Il trionfo di Cleliaopera seria3 actsMetastasio27 April 1762;
second version: 3 August 1762
Vienna, Burgtheater;
second version: Warsaw
Siroe
(revision of the 1733 version)
opera seria3 actsMetastasio3 August 1763Dresden
Egeriafesta teatrale1 actMetastasio24 April 1764Vienna
Romolo ed Ersiliaopera seria3 actsMetastasio6 August 1765Innsbruck
Partenopefesta teatrale2 actsMetastasio9 September 1767Vienna, Burgtheater
Piramo e Tisbeintermezzo tragico2 actsMarco ColtelliniNovember 1768Vienna, Burgtheater
Ruggiero
(Il Ruggiero, ovvero L'eroica gratitudine)
opera seria3 actsMetastasio after Ludovico Ariosto16 October 1771Milan

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