Nerone fatto Cesare

Opera by Antonio Vivaldi

Nerone fatto Cesare
Lost dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi
Probable portrait of Antonio Vivaldi, c. 1723
Language	Italian
Premiere	1715 (1715) Teatro Sant'Angelo, Venice

Nerone fatto Cesare is a lost dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi.

Performance history

The opera was first performed at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice during Carnival in 1715.^[1] It was revived (with many new arias) for the Accademia, Brescia, at the 1716 Carnival.

Roles

Cast	Voice type	Premiere, 1715
Zelto		Florido Matteucci
Seneca	bass	Antonio Francesco Carli
Pallante, Minister	contralto castrato	Andrea Pacini
Ate, Freedwoman		Giovanna Ronzani
Gusmano, Ambassador	soprano castrato	Francesco Natali
Tigrane, King of Armenia	soprano (en travesti)	Elisabetta Denzio
Nerone, his son	contralto (en travesti)	Anna Maria Fabbri
Agrippina, Empress	soprano	Margherita Gualandi

References

^ italianopera.org Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine

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