La Statira

{{infobox opera

| name = La Statira

| type = Opera seria

| composer = Tomaso Albinoni

| image = Albinoni.jpg

| image_upright = 0.8

| caption = Portrait of the composer

| librettist = {{plainlist|

• Apostolo Zeno
• Pietro Pariati

}}

| language = Italian

| based_on =

| premiere_date = {{start date|1726}}

| premiere_location = Teatro Capranica, Rome

}}

La Statira is an opera seria in three acts by the Italian composer Tomaso Albinoni with a libretto by Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati. It was first performed at the Teatro Capranica in Rome during the Carnival season of 1726. The plot concerns the rivalry between Statira and Barsimo for the throne of Persia.

The singers in the premiere performance were:{{cite book|last=Giazotto|first=Remo|url=https://archive.org/details/tomasoalbinoni002572mbp|title=Tomaso Albinoni|publisher=Fratelli Bocca|year=1945|page=68}}{{failed verification|date=June 2021|reason=There's nothing about La Statira on page. 68.}}

class="wikitable" !Roles !Voice type !Premiere cast, 18 February 1726

Statira |castrato soprano |Gaetano Valletta

Barsina |castrato soprano |Domenico Ricci

Oronte |tenor |Giovanni Francesco Costanzi

Dario |castrato soprano |Giovanni Antonio Reina

Arsace |castrato soprano |Domenico Genovesi

Oribasio |tenor |Gaetano Leuzzi

Idaspe |contralto castrato (?) |Domenico Antonio Angellini