Arsilda, regina di Ponto

Opera by Antonio Vivaldi

Arsilda, regina di Ponto
Dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi
Probable portrait of Antonio Vivaldi, c. 1723
Language	Italian
Premiere	October 1716 (1716) Teatro Sant'Angelo, Venice

Arsilda, regina di Ponto is a dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi. The opera was first performed at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice on 27 or 28 October 1716.^[1]

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere cast, 1716 (Conductor: – )
Arsilda	mezzo-soprano	Anna Vincenza Dotti
Nicandro	soprano (en travesti)	Antonia Pellizzari
Cisardo	bass	Angelo Zannoni
Tamese	tenor	Annibale Pio Fabri
Barzane	soprano castrato	Carlo Valcata
Mirinda	soprano	Maria Teresa Cotti
Lisea	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

Conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli. Orchestra: Modo Antiquo, Coro da Camera Italiano. Singers: Simonetta Cavalli, Lucia Sciannimanico, Elena Cecchi Fedi, Nicky Kennedy, Joseph Cornwell, Sergio Foresti, Alessandra Rossi. Date: 15–24 July 2001. Issued: 2004. Label: CPO 999 740-2

References

^ "italianopera.org". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2019-05-27.

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