List of Vivaldi's operas
General
Antonio Vivaldi himself claims in a letter to have written 94 operas. 49 have so far been identified as his works. 22 works have survived in autograph scores , 16 of which are entirely in Vivaldi's own handwriting. Most of them are now kept in the National Library of Turin , where there are around 450 manuscripts of music with Vivaldi works from almost all musical genres.
In terms of style, Vivaldi's operas are baroque numbered operas of the Italian style. H. with a largely clear separation of recitative and da capo aria . Contemporaries initially saw Vivaldi's works as a Lombard-Venetian style, which later approximated the Neapolitan style of Johann Adolph Hasse . The works differ significantly from the French opera ( Jean-Philippe Rameau ) and - more subtle - also from the German type ( Georg Friedrich Händel , Georg Philipp Telemann ). The recitatives, to which Vivaldi paid particular attention, are divided into secco recitative (only accompanied by harpsichord and bass) and accompanato recitative (with strings), although the accompanato recitatives can occasionally expand into small scenes. There are almost always duets and choirs, seldom trios or quartets.
The instrumentation in Vivaldi's operas ranges from simple strings with basso continuo to extensive ensembles enriched with wind instruments (flutes, oboes, bassoons, trumpets, horns, trombones) and timpani. According to historical models, the continuo is usually richly occupied today with cello , harpsichord , lutes , baroque guitars , theorbs , harps etc., possibly also with violon (double bass) or bassoon . There is also a dulcimer in one of Vivaldi's operas . The solo violin is often used (Vivaldi himself was a violinist and directed the performances from his instrument).
The materials Vivaldi set to music almost all come from ancient history and mythology. As a rule, however, the librettists related them to their own time. Geographically, the spectrum of topics extends from America ( Motezuma ) through the Orient ( La verità in cimento ) to China (Teuzzone) . Some operas were written in collaboration with composers other than pasticci .
Several Italian baroque ensembles have started v. a. to re-edit and rehearse the works that are stored in Turin (“Vivaldi edition” on the naïve and opus 111 labels ) and have also performed the operas at international music festivals (e.g. in Beaune , France).
list
| year | Title of the opera | RV | Librettist | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1713 | Ottone in villa | 729 | Domenico Lalli | Stored in Turin. |
| 1713 | Orlando furioso | 819 | ? | By Giovanni Alberto Ristori with some of Vivaldi's pieces. Incomplete, revised in 1714 as RV Anh. 84, parts revised in RV 728. |
| 1714 | Orlando finto pazzo | 727 | Grazio Braccioli | Vivaldi's first opera for the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice. Autograph without sinfonia (overture), kept in Turin. |
| 1715 | Nerone fatto cesare | 732 | Matteo Noris | lost |
| 1716 | La costanza trionfante degl'amori e de gl'odii | 706 | Antonio Marchi | 1718 revised as Artabano, re dei Parti (RV 701) then 1732 as Doriclea (RV 708). |
| 1716 | Arsilda, regina di Ponto | 700 | Domenico Lalli | Stored in Turin. |
| 1717 | L'inconorazione di Dario | 719 | Adriano Morselli | Stored in Turin. |
| 1717 | Tieteberga | 737 | Antonio Maria Lucchini | lost |
| 1717 | Il vinto trionfate del vincitore | App. 58 | Antonio Marchi | Possibly with individual parts from Vivaldi. |
| 1718 | Artabano, re dei parti | 701 | Antonio Marchi | Revision of La costanza trionfante (RV 706). |
| 1718 | Armida al campo d'Egitto | 699 | Giovanni Palazzi | Revised in 1720 as Gl'inganni per vendetta (RV 720). Second act lost, remainder kept in Turin. |
| 1718 | Scanderbeg | 732 | Antonio Salvi | lost |
| 1718 | Teuz zone | 736 | Apostolo Zeno | Played in China, score kept in Turin. |
| 1719 | Tito Manlio | 738 | Matteo Noris | According to her own statements in the score, Vivaldi composed this work in five days in January of that year or made the fair copy of the score. It was supposed to be an opera for the wedding of Landgrave Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt, Prince of Mantua, which he had announced at the Christmas banquet. But the wedding fell through. Another work was given so that Tito Manlio could not be performed until the carnival. The work is characterized by a particularly rich orchestra - planned as a splendid theater event for the actual occasion. Stored in Turin. |
| 1720 | Tito Manlio (RV 778) | 778 | Matteo Noris | Pasticcio , to which Vivaldi contributed the third act |
| 1720 | La Candace, o siano Li veri amici | 704 | Francesco Silvani , Domenico Lalli | lost |
| 1720 | Gl'inganni per vendetta | 720 | Giovanni Palazzi or Domenico Lalli | Revision of Armida al campo d'Egitto (RV 699). |
| 1720 | La verità in cimento | 739 | Giovanni Palazzi | Plays in the Orient, the score is kept in Turin. |
| 1720 | Filippo, re di Macedonia | 715 | Domenico Lalli | Vivaldi's third act only. |
| 1721 | La Silvia | 734 | Enrico Bissari | lost |
| 1723 | Ercole sul Termodonte | 710 | Giacomo Francesco Bussani | First performed at the Teatro Capranica, Rome. |
| 1724 | Giustino | 717 | Nicolò Beregan , Pietro Pariati | First performed in Rome, the score kept in Turin. |
| 1724 | La virtù trionfante dell'amore o dell'odio vero il Tigrane | 740 | Francesco Silvani | Pasticcio for Rome, only second act by Vivaldi, kept in Turin. |
| 1725 | L'inganno trionfante in amore | 721 | Matteo Noris , Giovanni Maria Ruggieri | lost |
| 1726 | Cunegonda | 707 | Agostino Piovene | lost |
| 1726 | La fede tradita e vendicata | 712 | Francesco Silvani | lost |
| 1726 | La tirannia castigiata | Appendix 55 | Francesco Silvani | |
| 1726 | Dorilla in Tempe | 709 | Antonio Maria Lucchini | Pasticcio for Venice, version 1734 kept in Turin. |
| 1727 | Ipermestra | 722 | Antonio Salvi | lost |
| 1727 | Farnace | 711 | Antonio Maria Lucchini | New version 1738/39, the first two acts have been preserved; kept in Turin. |
| 1727 | Siroe re di Persia | 735 | Pietro Metastasio | lost |
| 1727 | Orlando furioso | 728 | Grazio Braccioli | The action takes place on the magical island of Alcinas and draws its material from the legends surrounding the knight Roland ( Roland's song , 11th century), who is rejected by his lover and then loses his mind ( Der raging Roland ) . The material was set to music several times based on the verse epic Orlando furioso by Ludovico Ariostos (1516), alongside Vivaldi also by Steffani , Handel , Piccinni and Haydn . Score kept in Turin. |
| 1728 | Rosilena ed Oronta | 730 | Giovanni Palazzi | lost |
| 1728 | L'Atenaide | 702 | Apostolo Zeno | Stored in Turin. |
| 1730 | Argippo | 697 | Domenico Lalli | Was considered lost; Rediscovered in the Thurn und Taxis archive in 2006 and performed again on May 3, 2008. |
| 1731 | Alvilda, regina de 'Goti | 696 | Apostolo Zeno | lost |
| 1731 | Semiramide | 733 | Antonio Silvani | lost |
| 1732 | La fida ninfa | 714 | Scipione Maffei | First performed in Verona, the score kept in Turin. |
| 1731 | Doriclea | 708 | Antonio Marchi | Revision of La costanza trionfate (RV 706). |
| 1733 | Motezuma | 723 | Girolamo Alvise Giusti | The second act is complete, the other two acts are only partially preserved. Stored in Berlin. |
| 1734 | L'olimpiade | 725 | Pietro Metastasio | The action takes place in Olympia on the day of the games. Score kept in Turin. |
| 1735 | L'Adelaide | 695 | Antonio Salvi | lost |
| 1735 | Bajazet / Tamerlano | 703 | Agostino Piovene | Pasticcio on Sultan Bayezid I for Venice. Score kept in Turin. |
| 1735 | Griselda | 718 | Apostolo Zeno , Carlo Goldoni | First performed in Venice, the score kept in Turin. |
| 1735 | Aristide | 698 | Carlo Goldoni | lost; probably not authentic |
| 1736 | Ginevra principessa di Scozia | 716 | Antonio Salvi | lost |
| 1737 | Catone in Utica | 705 | Pietro Metastasio | First performed in Verona, the score kept in Turin. |
| 1737 | L'oracolo in Messenia | 726 | Apostolo Zeno | lost |
| 1737 | Il giorno felice | 777 | ? | |
| 1738 | Rosmira | 731 | Silvio Stampiglia | Pasticcio for Venice, score kept in Turin. |
| 1739 | Feraspe | 713 | Francesco Silvani (?) | lost |