Tigrane (Vivaldi) Explained

La Virtù trionfante dell'amore e dell'odio overo Il Tigrane (RV 740) is a 1724 opera for the carnival season in Rome. It was a joint composition by Benedetto Micheli (Act I), Vivaldi (Act II) and Nicola Romaldi (Act III). The libretto was originally thought to based on that by Francesco Silvani already used in Venice in 1691, but has been identified as a libretto by Pietro Andrea Bernardoni used in Vienna in 1710.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Recordings

• Complete Act II - Mónika González (soprano), Ildikó Szakács (soprano), Artur Stefanowicz (countertenor), Barnabás Heygi (countertenor), Timothy Bentch (tenor), Zsolt Molnár (baritone) & László Jekl (bass) Savaria Baroque Orchestra Pál Németh Hungaroton
• "Squarciami pure il seno" (Cleopatra) - by Simone Kermes on Amor Profano;^[5] also Regula Mühlemann on Cleopatra, La Folia Barockorchester, Robin Peter Müller 2017
• "Fara la mia spada" (Oronte) - Philippe Jaroussky, Heroes Jean-Christophe Spinosi
• "Care pupille" Topi Lehtipuu on Arie per tenore Diego Fasolis Naive Vivaldi Edition; also by Nicholas Scott Un jardin à l'italienne Les Arts Florissants

See also

• Tigrane (Hasse)

Notes and References

1. The Operas of Antonio Vivaldi - Volume 13, Part 1 - Page 336 Reinhard Strohm - 2008 The drama The hitherto unknown source for the libretto is Pietro Antonio Bernar- doni's Tigrane, re d' Armenia, performed with music by Antonio Maria Bo- noncini on 25 July 1710 at the Viennese court.428 Bernardoni (1672-1714) had been a member of the Roman Arcadian Academy, and Bononcini was known in Rome, but a patron such as Prince Borghese may well have obtained the libretto direcdy from the Habsburg court. After 1724 the libretto was set (as Tigrane) by Hasse for ...
2. Michael Talbot Vivaldi - 2000 - Page 52 0198164971 Discounting revivals of older operas and the appearance of individual arias in pasticcios, we have five scores from the period 1715-25: Scanderbeg (Florence, Summer 1718); La Silvia (Milan, Autumn 1721); Ercole sul Termodonte (Rome, Carnival 1723); Giustino and La virtu trionfante dell'amore e dell'odio ovvero il Tigrane (Rome, Carnival 1724)." 9 See p. 20. 10 Giazotto, op. cit., p. 185. Il Tigrane was a joint composition of B. Micheli (Act I), Vivaldi (Act II) and N. Romaldi (Act III).
3. Sylvie Mamy Antonio Vivaldi 2011 2213665796 La Virtù trionfante dell'amore e dell'odio overo Il Tigrane, Rome, janvier 1724 (RV 740) La Virtù trionfante dell'amore e dell'odio, overoIl Tigrane (Lavertu triomphant de l'amour et de la haine, ou Tigrane) fait donc l'ouverture du carnaval au théâtre Capranica. C'est un pastiche dont Vivaldi ne compose que le second acte 33. Le livret de Pietro Andrea Bernardoni avait été créé à Vienne en 1710, sous le titre de Tigrane re d'Armenia. Ensuite, ledrame avait connu plusieurs mises en ...
4. [Reinhard Strohm]
5. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/apr/25/classicalmusicandopera4 Cleopatra's distraught outburst from Il Tigrane reveals a major musical psychologist at work.