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Encyclopedia > Lucio Silla
Operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebotes (1767)
Apollo et Hyacinthus (1767)
Bastien und Bastienne (1768)
La finta semplice (1769)
Mitridate, re di Ponto (1770)
Ascanio in Alba (1771)
Il sogno di Scipione (1772)
Lucio Silla (1772)
La finta giardiniera (1775)
Il re pastore (1775)
Thamos, König in Ägypten (1779)
Zaide (1780)
Idomeneo (1781)
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1782)
L'oca del Cairo (1783)
Lo sposo deluso (1784)
Der Schauspieldirektor (1786)
The Marriage of Figaro (1786)
Don Giovanni (1787)
Così fan tutte (1790)
La clemenza di Tito (1791)
The Magic Flute (1791)
“Mozart” redirects here. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Wolfgang-amadeus-mozart_1. ... Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebotes is an opera, K. 35, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1767. ... Apollo et Hyacinthus is an opera, K.38, written in 1767 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was 11 years old at the time. ... Bastien und Bastienne (Bastien and Bastienne) is a one-act singspiel opera with libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Weiskern and music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ... La finta semplice (The Pretended Simpleton), K. 51 (46a) is an opera buffa in three acts for singers and orchestra, composed in 1769 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, on a libretto by the court poet Marco Coltellini based on an early work by Carlo Goldoni. ... Mitridate, re di Ponto (Mithridates, King of Pontus), K. 87 (74a), is an early opera seria in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ... Ascanio in Alba, K. 111, Pastoral opera in 2 parts (Festa teatrale in due atti) Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Librettist: Abbé Giuseppe Parini First performance: Teatro Regio Ducal, Milan, 17 October 1771 // Dramatis Personæ Venere (Venus) (soprano) Ascanio, her grandson, son of Aeneas (male soprano) Silvia, a nymph descended from... Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126, Dramatic serenade in one act (Azione teatrale) Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Librettist: Pietro Metastasio First performance: Palace of the Archbishop, Salzburg, 1? May, 1772 Judith Weir has made an adaptation of the score. ... La finta giardiniera (The Phony Gardener), K. 196, is an Italian opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ... Il re pastore (The Shepherd King) is an opera, K. 208, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Pietro Metastasio, edited by Varesco. ... Thamos, König in Ägypten (Thamos, King of Egypt, or King Thamos, in English) is a play by Tobias Philipp, baron von Gebler, for which, between 1773 and 1780, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote incidental music, K. 345/336a, of an operatic character. ... Zaide is an opera, K. 344, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780. ... Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante (Italian: Idomeneo, King of Crete, or, Ilia and Idamante; usually referred to simply as Idomeneo, K. 366) is an Italian opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ... Die Entführung aus dem Serail (K. 384; in English The Abduction from the Seraglio; also known as Il Seraglio) is a opera Singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ... Loca del Cairo is an opera buffa (or dramma giocoso per musica), K. 422, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1783. ... Lo sposo deluso is a 2-act opera buffa, K. 430, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1783. ... Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario), K. 486, is a comic Singspiel written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie. ... Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans: ), K. 492, is an opera buffa (comic opera) composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, Le mariage de Figaro (1784). ... Don Giovanni (K.527; complete title: Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, literally The Rake Punishd, or Don Giovanni) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. ... Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (Thus Do They [f. ... La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), K. 621, was an opera seria written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ... Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, (en: The Magic Flute) is an opera in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. ...

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Lucio Silla (K135) is an Italian opera in three acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was written by Giovanni de Gamerra. For other uses, see Opera (disambiguation). ... “Mozart” redirects here. ... Antonio Ghislanzoni, nineteenth century Italian librettist. ...


It was first performed on 26 December 1772 at the Regio Ducal Teatro in Milan. For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation). ...


Another opera by the same title was also done in 1774 by Pasquale Anfossi. Portrait of composer. ...

Contents

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere Cast, December 26, 1772
(Conductor: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Lucio Silla (Lucius Cornelius Sulla),
dictator of Rome		 tenor Bassano Morgnoni
Celia, sister of Lucio Silla soprano Daniella Mienci
Giunia (Junia), betrothed to Cecilio soprano Anna de Amicis-Buonsolazzi
Cecilio (Cecilius), Roman senator
in exile		 soprano castrato Venanzio Rauzzini
Lucio (Lucius) Cinna, friend of
Cecilio		 soprano Felicità Suardi
Aufidio (Aufidius), tribune and
friend of Lucio Silla		 tenor Giuseppe Onofrio
Guards, nobles, senators, people (chorus)

This article is about Tenor vocalists in music. ... This article is about the voice-type. ... A castrato is a male soprano, mezzo-soprano, or alto voice produced either by castration of the singer before puberty or one who, because of an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity. ...

Synopsis

The story concerns the Roman dictator Lucio Silla (Lucius Sulla) who lusts after Giunia, the daughter of his enemy Caius Marius. Giunia, on the other hand, loves the exiled senator Cecilio. This page is about the Roman dictator Sulla, for the Brythonic goddess sometimes called Sulla, see Sul. ...


Noted arias

  • "Dalla sponda tenebrosa" - Giunia in Act I
  • "Il desio di vendetta" - Silla in Act I
  • "Il tenero momento" - Cecilio in Act I
  • "Se lusinghiera speme" - Celia in Act I
  • "Vieni ov'amor t'invita" - Lucio Cinna in Act I
  • "Guerrier che d'un acciaro" - Aufidio in Act II
  • "Nel fortunato istante" - Lucio Cinna in Act II
  • "Parto, m'affretto" - Giunia in Act II
  • "Ah se a morir" - Cecilio in Act II
  • "Ah se il crudel periglio" - Giunia in Act II
  • "D'ogni pietà mi spoglio" - Silla in Act II
  • "Quando sugl'arsi campi" - Celia in Act II
  • "Quest' improvviso tremito" - Cecilio in Act II
  • "Se il labbro timido" - Celia in Act II
  • "De più superbi il core" - Lucio Cinna in Act III
  • "Fra i pensier" - Giunia in Act III
  • "Pupille amate" - Cecilio in Act III
  • "Strider sento la procella" - Celia in Act III

Selected recordings

  • 1991 Hager with Augér, Donath, Mathis, Varady, Krenn, and Schreier. Salzburg Mozart Orchestra.
  • 1991 Harnoncourt with P. Schreier, Gruberova, Bartoli, Upshaw, and Kenny. Vienna Concentus Musicus.
  • 1985 Cambreling with Rolf-Johnson, Baasbank, Murray, Hartelius, and Arulan.

External links

  • Lucio Silla: Score in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe

Synopses can be found at: The Bärenreiter study score reprint (2006) of the Neue Mozart-Ausgabes volumes containing all of Mozarts piano concertos. ...

  • impresario.ch
  • libretto to act I of the opera from www.allaboutopera.com

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