Nerone fatto Cesare
{{Short description|Opera by Antonio Vivaldi}}
{{Infobox opera
| name = Nerone fatto Cesare
| type = Lost dramma per musica
| composer = {{nowrap|Antonio Vivaldi}}
| image = Vivaldi.jpg
| image_upright = 1.2
| caption = Probable portrait of Antonio Vivaldi, c. 1723
| librettist =
| based_on =
| language = Italian
| premiere_date = {{Start year|1715}}
| premiere_location = Teatro Sant'Angelo, Venice
}}
Nerone fatto Cesare is a lost dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi.
Performance history
The opera was first performed at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice during Carnival in 1715.[http://www.italianopera.org/italianOPERAuk.php?f=compositori/V/c2210993.htm italianopera.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928193851/http://www.italianopera.org/italianOPERAuk.php?f=compositori%2FV%2Fc2210993.htm |date=2011-09-28 }} It was revived (with many new arias) for the Accademia, Brescia, at the 1716 Carnival.
Roles
| class="wikitable"
!Cast !Voice type !Premiere, 1715 |
| Zelto
| |
| Seneca
|bass |
| Pallante, Minister |
| Ate, Freedwoman
| |
| Gusmano, Ambassador
|soprano castrato |
| Tigrane, King of Armenia
|soprano (en travesti) |
| Nerone, his son
|contralto (en travesti) |
| Agrippina, Empress
|soprano |
References
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Category:Operas by Antonio Vivaldi
Category:Italian-language operas
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