List of operas by Antonio Vivaldi

This is a complete list of operas by Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741). He claimed to have composed 94 operas, but fewer than 50 titles have been identified, of which the scores of only 20 or so survive, wholly or in part. Moreover, the practice of reviving works under a different title and of creating pasticci has confused musicologists.

All of Vivaldi's operatic works are described as dramma per musica, roughly equivalent to opera seria.

Key: music completely lost; music preserved (at least in part)

51 items are listed.

RVTitleLibrettoPremière datePlace, theatreNotes
1 729Ottone in villaDomenico Lalli 17 May 1713Vicenza, Teatro di Piazza
2 727Orlando finto pazzoGrazio BraccioliNovember 1714Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
3 819Orlando furiosoGrazio Braccioli 9 November 1714Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelopart survives in manuscript, parts later reworked in RV 728 q.v.
4 724Nerone fatto CesareMatteo NorisCarnival 1715Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelopasticcio (Francesco Gasparini, Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Carlo Francesco Pollarolo, Vivaldi)
5 706La costanza trionfante degl'amori e de gl'odiiAntonio MarchiCarnival 1716Venice, Teatro San Moisèreworked as Artabano, re dei Parti (RV 701) in 1718, then as Doriclea (RV 708) in 1732
6 700Arsilda, regina di PontoDomenico Lalli27 or 28 October 1716Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
7 719L'incoronazione di DarioAdriano Morselli23 January 1717Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
8 737TietebergaAntonio Maria Lucchini16 October 1717Venice, Teatro San Moisè
9 Anh 58Il vinto trionfante del vincitoreAntonio MarchiAutumn 1717Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelopasticcio, possibly with some music by Vivaldi
10 701Artabano, re dei PartiAntonio MarchiCarnival 1718Venice, Teatro San Moisèreworking of La costanza trionfante (RV 706)
11 699Armida al campo d'EgittoGiovanni PalazziCarnival 1718Venice, Teatro San Moisè. Further performances in Venice on 26 December 1730 and 12 February 1738.[1]reworked as Gl’inganni per vendetta (RV 720) in 1720
12 732ScanderbegAntonio Salvi22 June 1718Florence, Teatro della Pergola
13 736TeuzzoneApostolo Zeno28 December 1718Mantua, Teatro Arciducale
14 738Tito ManlioMatteo NorisCarnival 1719Mantua, Teatro Arciducale
15 778Tito ManlioMatteo NorisCarnival 1720Rome, Teatro della Pacepasticcio. Act III only by Vivaldi.
16 704La Candace, o siano Li veri amiciFrancesco Silvani and Domenico LalliCarnival 1720Mantua, Teatro Arciducale
17 720Gl’inganni per vendettaGiovanni Palazzi or Domenico Lalli1720Vicenza, Teatro delle Grazie[2][3]reworking of Armida al campo d’Egitto (RV 699)
18 739La verità in cimentoGiovanni Palazzi26 October (?) 1720Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
19 715Filippo re di MacedoniaDomenico Lalli27 December 1720Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelopasticcio
20 734La SilviaEnrico Bissari28 August 1721Milan, Reggio Ducale
21 710Ercole su'l TermodonteGiacomo Francesco BussaniJanuary 1723Rome, Teatro Capranica
22 717GiustinoNicolò Beregan / Pietro PariatiCarnival 1724Rome, Teatro Capranica
23 740La virtù trionfante dell’amore, e dell’odio, overo Il TigraneFrancesco SilvaniCarnival 1724Rome, Teatro Capranicapasticcio (only Act II by Vivaldi)
24 721L’inganno trionfante in amoreMatteo NorisAutumn 1725Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
25 707CunegondaAgostino Piovene29 January 1726Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
26 712La fede tradita e vendicataFrancesco Silvani16 February 1726Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
27 Anh 55La tirannia castigataFrancesco SilvaniCarnival 1726Prague, Sporck Theater
28 709Dorilla in TempeAntonio Maria Lucchini9 November 1726Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelopasticcio
29 722IpermestraAntonio Salvi25 January 1727Florence, Teatro della PergolaFor other versions, see Ipermestra
30 711FarnaceAntonio Maria Lucchini10 February 1727Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
31 735Siroe, re di PersiaMetastasioAscension 1727Reggio Emilia, Teatro Pubblico
32 728Orlando furiosoGrazio BraccioliAutumn 1727Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
33 730Rosilena ed OrontaGiovanni PalazziCarnival 1728Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
34 702AtenaideApostolo Zeno29 December 1728Florence, Teatro della Pergola
35 697ArgippoDomenico LalliAutumn 1730Prague, Sporck Theaterseven arias were rediscovered in Regensburg by Ondrej Macek
36 696Alvilda regina de' GotiGiulio Cesare CorradiSpring 1731Prague, Sporck TheaterTreatment of Alf and Alfhild; only some arias by Vivaldi, probably from other operas. Transferred to the Anhang as RV Anh. 88
37 733SemiramideFrancesco Silvani and Domenico LalliCarnival 1731Mantua, Teatro Arciducale
38 714La fida ninfaFrancesco ScipioneCarnival 1732Verona, Teatro Filarmonico
39 708DoricleaAntonio Marchi1732Prague, Sporck Theaterreworking of La costanza trionfante (RV 706)
40 723MotezumaGirolamo Alvise Giusti14 November 1733Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
41 725L'OlimpiadeMetastasio17 February 1734Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
42 695L’AdelaideAntonio SalviCarnival 1735Verona, Teatro Filarmonico
43 703Il Tamerlano (Il Bajazet)Agostino PioveneCarnival 1735Verona, Teatro Filarmonicopasticcio
44 718GriseldaApostolo Zeno / Carlo Goldoni18 May 1735Venice, Teatro San Samuele
45 698AristideCarlo GoldoniAutumn 1735Venice, Teatro San SamueleTransferred to the Anhang as RV Anh. 89
46 716Ginevra principessa di ScoziaAntonio Salvi17 January 1736Florence, Teatro della Pergola
47 705Catone in UticaMetastasio26 May 1737Verona, Teatro Filarmonico
48 726L'oracolo in MesseniaApostolo Zeno30 December 1737Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
49 777Il giorno feliceScipione Maffei1737VeniceTransferred to the Anhang as RV Anh. 92
50 731Rosmira (Rosmira fedele)Silvio Stampiglia27 January 1738Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelopasticcio arranged by Vivaldi of music by Hasse, Pergolesi, Handel, etc.)
51 713FeraspeFrancesco Silvani1739Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo

References
  1. Casaglia, Gherardo (2005)."Armida al campo d'Egitto". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  2. L'opéra baroque – Les compositeurs – Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
  3. Antonio Vivaldi : tableau chronologique

Further reading
  • Cross, Eric (1992), "Vivaldi, Antonio", in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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