Didone abbandonata (disambiguation)

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Didone abbandonata is a libretto by Metastasio

It was set multiple times including:

<i>Didone abbandonata</i> (Sarro) opera by Domenico Sarro

Didone abbandonata is an opera in three acts composed by Domenico Sarro to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio, which was based on the story of Dido and Aeneas from the fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid. The opera premiered on 1 February 1724 at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples.

<i>Didone abbandonata</i> (Albinoni) opera by Tomaso Albinoni

Didone abbandonata was an opera in three acts composed by Tomaso Albinoni. Albinoni's music was set to Pietro Metastasio's libretto, Didone abbandonata, which was in turn based on the story of Dido and Aeneas from the fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid. The opera premiered on 26 December 1724 at the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice and was the first time that an opera based on a Metastasio libretto was performed in Venice.

Didone abbandonata is a setting by Leonardo Vinci of the libretto Didone abbandonata by Metastasio first set to music by Domenico Sarro in 1724. It was premiered at the Teatro delle Dame for the 1726 Carnival season in Rome.

Other works on the theme include

Giovanni Alberto Ristori was an Italian opera composer and conductor.

Didone Abbandonata - Piano Sonata in G, Op. 50, No.3 is the final sonata composed by Muzio Clementi in 1821. It was titled after Metastasio's often-set opera libretto of the same name, and Clementi seeks to tell the tragic story of Virgil's heroine instrumentally. It is the only example of such a programmatic piece in the composer's oeuvre.

Giuseppe Tartini Italian composer and violinist (1692–1770)

Giuseppe Tartini was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist.

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Didone abbandonata is an opera, or dramma per musica, by Giuseppe Sarti, set to a libretto by the renowned poet Metastasio. The opera was first performed in the winter of 1762 in Copenhagen, and was composed especially for the Danish court of the time. The opera consists of three acts, and the libretto is based upon the well-known story of Dido and Aeneas.

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Dido, Queen of Carthage was an opera in three acts by Stephen Storace. Its English libretto by Prince Hoare was adapted from Metastasio's 1724 libretto, Didone abbandonata, which had been set by many composers. Storace's opera premiered on 23 May 1792 at The King's Theatre in London combined with a performance of his masque, Neptune's Prophecy. The story is based on that of Dido and Aeneas in the fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid. The opera was not a success and was never revived after its original run of performances. The score has been lost.

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Didone abbandonata is a 1742 opera by Johann Adolph Hasse setting the libretto Didone abbandonata by Metastasio, which was first performed at Hubertusburg palace, near Dresden.

Didone abbandonata is a 3-act opera by Niccolò Jommelli of the libretto Didone abbandonata by Pietro Metastasio. It was composed just after Jommelli left Venice in 1746 and revised in 1763. It was first performed on January 28, 1747 at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.

Didone abbandonata is a 1766 setting by Baldassare Galuppi of the libretto of the same name by Metastasio for Catherine the Great in Saint Petersburg.

<i>Didone abbandonata</i> (Mercadante) opera by Saverio Mercadante

Didone abbandonata is an 1823 opera by Mercadante to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola after Metastasio's Didone abbandonata.

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