L'oracolo in Messenia

Opera by Antonio Vivaldi

L'oracolo in Messenia
Opera by Antonio Vivaldi
Portrait of Vivaldi, 1725
Librettist	Apostolo Zeno
Language	Italian
Premiere	1738 (1738) Teatro San Angelo, Venice

L'oracolo in Messenia is a 1738 opera by Antonio Vivaldi to a libretto by Apostolo Zeno. The opera was composed for the autumn Venetian carnival season of 1738 after Vivaldi took over the Teatro San Angelo from the impresario who had managed it the year before.^[1]^[2]

Recording

L'oracolo in Messenia - Vivica Genaux, Julia Lezhneva, Ann Hallenberg, Romina Basso, Franziska Gottwald, Magnus Staveland, Xavier Sabata, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi; Virgin Classics, 2CDs 2012.^[3]

References

^ Michael Talbot The Vivaldi Compendium Page xxv 2011 "For the carnival season of 1738 he took over the Teatro Sant'Angelo from the impresario who had managed it in the preceding autumn and staged three operas: a new composition (L'oracolo in Messenia), an updated version of an earlier ..."
^ Karl Heller Antonio Vivaldi: The Red Priest of Venice Page 108 1997 "That season included performances of the new opera L'oracolo in Messenia; the pasticcio Rosmira (with arias by, among others, Hasse, Handel, and Pergolesi ) arranged by Vivaldi; and Armida al campo d'Egitto, which had first been ..."
^ Ashley, Tim (10 October 2012). "Culture Music Classical music Vivaldi: L'Oracolo in Messenia – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 November 2012.

Antonio Vivaldi

Operas

Ottone in villa (1713)
Orlando furioso (RV 819) (1714)
Orlando finto pazzo (1714)
Nerone fatto Cesare (1715)
La costanza trionfante degl'amori e de gl'odii (1716)
Arsilda, regina di Ponto (1716)
L'incoronazione di Dario (1717)
Tieteberga (1717)
Armida al campo d'Egitto (1718)
Scanderbeg (1718)
Teuzzone (1718)
Tito Manlio (1719)
La verità in cimento (1720)
La Silvia (1721)
Ercole su'l Termodonte (1723)
Giustino (1724)
Dorilla in Tempe (1726)
Farnace (1727)
Orlando furioso (RV 728) (1727)
Atenaide (1728)
Argippo (1730)
Alvilda regina de' Goti (1731)
Semiramide (1732)
La fida ninfa (1732)
Motezuma (1733)
L'Olimpiade (1734)
Bajazet (1735)
Griselda (1735)
L'oracolo in Messenia (1737)

Sacred music

Kyrie
Gloria
Nisi Dominus
Credo
Magnificat
Stabat Mater
Dixit Dominus
Nulla in mundo pax sincera
Introduzioni
Juditha triumphans

Works with Op.

Twelve Trio Sonatas, Op. 1 (1705)
Twelve Trio Sonatas, Op. 2 (1709)
L'estro armonico, Op. 3 (1711)
La stravaganza, Op. 4 (1714)
Six Violin Sonatas, Op. 5 (1716)
Six Violin Concertos, Op. 6 (1716–1721)
Twelve Concertos, Op. 7 (1716–1717)
Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, Op. 8
- 1723, includes Le quattro stagioni
Mandolin Concerto, RV 425 (1725)
La cetra, Op. 9 (1727)
Concerto alla rustica for string orchestra (c. 1725–1730)
Six Flute Concertos, Op. 10 (1728)
Six Concertos, Op. 11 (1729)
Six Violin Concertos, Op. 12 (1729)
Grosso mogul, RV 208 (early violin concerto)
Flute Concerto Il gran mogol, RV 431a (c. 1730)
Lute Concerto, RV 93 (1730s)
Concerto in C major, RV 559