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1716 opera by Antonio Vivaldi

Arsilda, regina di Ponto
Dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi
Title page of the libretto, Venice 1716
Librettist	Domenico Lalli
Language	Italian
Premiere	October 1716 (1716) Teatro Sant'Angelo, Venice

Arsilda, regina di Ponto is a dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi to a libretto by Domenico Lalli. The opera was first performed at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice on 27 or 28 October 1716.

Roles

Roles, voice types, premiere cast
Role	Voice type	Premiere cast, 1716
Arsilda, Queen of Pontos	mezzo-soprano	Anna Vincenza Dotti
Nicandro, noble from Bithynia	soprano (en travesti)	Antonia Pellizzari
Cisardo, Tamese's and Lisea's uncle	bass	Angelo Zannoni
Tamese, King of Cilicia	tenor	Annibale Pio Fabri
Barzane, Prince of Lydia	soprano castrato	Carlo Valcata
Mirinda, noble confidante of Lisea	soprano	Maria Teresa Cotti
Lisea, Tamese's sister, mistaken for her brother	mezzo-soprano	Anna Maria Fabbri

Plot

The plot was considered rather controversial at the time and led originally to censorship of the opera. It involves the title character falling in love with another woman dressed as a man.

Recordings

Singers: Simonetta Cavalli, Lucia Sciannimanico, Elena Cecchi Fedi, Nicky Kennedy, Joseph Cornwell, Sergio Foresti, Alessandra Rossi. Conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli. Orchestra: Modo Antiquo, Coro da Camera Italiano. Date: 15–24 July 2001. Issued: 2004. Label: CPO 999 740-2 3CD
José Coca Loza, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (mezzo-soprano), Benedetta Mazzucato, Marie Lys (soprano), Shira Patchornik, Nicolò Balducci, Leonardo Cortellazzi, La Cetra Basel , Andrea Marcon Naive 3CD 2025

References

Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Arsilda, regina di Ponto, 27 October 1716". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
"italianopera.org". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

External links

Arsilda, regina di Ponto, RV 700 (Vivaldi): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

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

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

Other

Namesakes