List of operas by Nicola Porpora explained

This is a complete list of the operas written by the Italian composer Nicola Porpora (1686–1768).

List

TitleGenre!Sub­divisionsLibretto!Première datePlace, theatre
Agrippina 3 acts Nicola Giuvo 4 November 1708Naples, Palazzo Reale
Flavio Anicio Olibrio opera seria 3 acts January 1711
Basilio, re di Oriente opera seria  after Giovanni Battista Neri 24 June 1713
Arianna e Teseo opera seria  Pietro Pariati 1714Vienna, Hof
Berenice regina d'Egitto, ovvero Le gare di amore opera seria 3 acts carnival 1718
Temistocle opera seria 3 acts Apostolo Zeno 1 October 1718Vienna, Hof
Faramondo opera seria  Apostolo Zeno, after Gautier de Costes de La CalprenèdeNaples, Teatro San Bartolomeo
Angelica  28 August 1720Naples, Palazzo del Principe di Torella
Eumene opera seria  Apostolo Zeno carnival 1721
Gli orti esperidi serenata  Metastasio 28 August 1721Naples, Palazzo Reale
Flavio Anicio Olibrio
(revision)
opera seria 3 acts Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati carnival 1722Rome, Teatro Alibert
Adelaide opera seria  Antonio Salvi carnival 1723Rome, Teatro Alibert
Amare per regnare opera seria  after Francesco Passarini's Amore e fortunata 12 December 1723Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo
Imeneo componimento drammatico 2 acts 1723Naples
Semiramide regina dell'Assiria opera seria 3 acts after Ippolito Zanelli's Nino spring 1724Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo
Damiro e Pitia opera seria  12 October 1724
Siface opera seria 3 acts Metastasio carnival 1725Milan, Ducale
Didone abbandonata opera seria 3 acts Metastasio Ascension 1725Reggio Emilia, Pubblico
La verita nell'inganno opera seria 3 acts Francesco Silvani carnival 1726Milan, Regio Ducal
Meride e Selinunte opera seria 3 acts Apostolo Zeno carnival 1726Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Cristostomo
Siroe, re di Persia opera seria 3 acts Metastasio February 1727
Arianna e Teseo
(revised)
opera seria 3 acts Pietro Pariati autumn 1727Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Cristostomo
Ezio opera seria 3 acts Metastasio? and Domenico Lalli 20 November 1728Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Cristostomo
Semiramide riconosciuta opera seria 3 acts Metastasio, revised by Domenico Lalli? carnival 1729,
20 January 1739
Ermenegilda opera seria   1729Naples
Mitridate opera seria 3 acts Apostolo Zeno and Filippo Vanstryp carnival 1730Rome, Teatro Capranica
Tamerlano opera seria 3 acts Agostino Piovene, after Jacques Pradon carnival 1730Turin, Regio
Poro opera seria 3 acts after Metastasio's Alessandro nell'Indie carnival 1731Turin, Regio
Annibale opera seria 3 acts Filippo Vanstryp autumn 1731Venice, San Angelo
Germanico in Germania opera seria 3 acts Nicola Coluzzi February 1732Rome, Teatro Capranica
Issipile opera seria 3 acts Metastasio carnival 1733Rome, Rucellai
Arianna in Nasso opera seria 3 acts 29 December 1733
Enea nel Lazio opera seria 3 acts Paolo Antonio Rolli 11 May 1734London, Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Polifemo opera seria 3 acts Paolo Antonio Rolli 1 February 1735
Ifigenia in Aulide opera seria 3 acts Paolo Antonio Rolli, after Apostolo Zeno 3 May 1735London, King's Theatre
Mitridate opera seria 3 acts Gavrado da Gavrado
(pseudonym of Colley Cibber)
24 January 1736London, King's Theatre
Orfeo pasticcio with J. A. Hasse, F. M. Veracini & others 3 acts Paolo Antonio Rolli 2 March 1736London, King's Theatre[1] [2]
La festa d'Imeneo componimento drammatico  Paolo Antonio Rolli 4 May 1736London, King's Theatre
Lucio Papirio opera seria 3 acts Antonio Salvi, revised by Giovanni Boldoni carnival 1737Venice, San Cassiano
Rosbale opera seria 3 acts after Claudio Nicola Stampa's Eumene autumn 1737Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Cristostomo
Carlo il Calvo opera seria 3 acts anonymous spring 1738Rome, Teatro delle Dame
Il barone di Zampano  Pietro Trinchera spring 1739Naples, Teatro Nuovo
L'amico fedele opera buffa  Giuseppe di Pietro autumn 1739Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini
Intermezzo for the marriage of the Infante D Filippo    1739
Il trionfo di Camilla opera seria  Silvio Stampiglia 20 January 1740Naples, Teatro San Carlo
Tiridate opera seria 3 acts after Metastasio's Zenobia 19 December 1740Naples, Teatro San Carlo
Il trionfo del valore comedia per musica  winter 1741Naples, Teatro Nuovo
Giascone serenata?   1742Naples
Statira opera seria 3 acts Francesco Silvani carnival 1742Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Cristostomo
Partenope opera seria   1742Naples
La Rosmene opera seria 3 acts  1742Vienna
Temistocle opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 22 February 1743
Le nozze d'Ercole e d'Ebe opera seria   carnival 1744Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Cristostomo
Filandro-Philander opera seria 3 acts after Vincenzo Cassani's L'incostanza schernita 18 July 1747Dresden, Hof
Il trionfo di Camilla
(second version)
opera seria  Silvio Stampiglia, revised by Giovanni Battista Lorenzi 30 May 1760Naples, Teatro San Carlo

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Notes and References

  1. https://bachtrack.com/review-porpora-orfeo-gasparon-petro-pe-martina-franca-august-2019 "Porpora's Orfeo: a plunge into the Neapolitan golden century"
  2. Book: Sechi, Giovanni A.. 2021. L'Orfeo di Porpora e Veracini. Un pasticcio per Farinelli. Mito, storia e sogno di Farinelli. Luigi Verde. Lucca. LIM. 9788855431026.