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.
List of operas + Operas by Antonio Vivaldi # RV Title Libretto Premiere Notes Date Venue1729Ottone in villaDomenico Lalli 17 May 1713Vicenza, 2727Orlando finto pazzoGrazio BraccioliNovember 1714Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo3819Orlando furiosoGrazio Braccioli 9 November 1714Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelopart survives in manuscript, parts later reworked in RV 728 q.v.4724Nerone fatto CesareMatteo NorisCarnival 1715Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelopasticcio (Francesco Gasparini, Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Carlo Francesco Pollarolo, Vivaldi)5706La costanza trionfante degl'amori e de gl'odiiAntonio MarchiCarnival 1716Venice, Teatro San Moisè reworked as Artabano, re dei Parti (RV 701) in 1718, later as La tirannia castigata (RV Anh 55) in 1726 and Doriclea (RV 708) in 17326700Arsilda, regina di PontoDomenico Lalli27 or 28 October 1716Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo7719L'incoronazione di DarioAdriano Morselli23 January 1717Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo8737TietebergaAntonio Maria Lucchini16 October 1717Venice, Teatro San Moisè9Anh 58Il vinto trionfante del vincitoreAntonio MarchiAutumn 1717Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelopasticcio, possibly with some music by Vivaldi10701Artabano, re dei PartiAntonio MarchiCarnival 1718Venice, Teatro San Moisè1 aria preserved, reworking of La costanza trionfante (RV 706)11699Armida al campo d'EgittoGiovanni PalazziCarnival 1718Venice, Teatro San Moisè. Further performances in Venice on 26 December 1730 and 12 February 1738.reworked as Gl’inganni per vendetta (RV 720) in 172012732ScanderbegAntonio Salvi22 June 1718Florence, Teatro della Pergola13736TeuzzoneApostolo ZenoMantua, Teatro Arciducale14738Tito ManlioMatteo NorisCarnival 1719Mantua, Teatro Arciducale15778Tito ManlioMatteo NorisCarnival 1720Rome, Teatro della Pacepasticcio. Act III only by Vivaldi.16704La Candace, o siano Li veri amiciFrancesco Silvani and Domenico LalliCarnival 1720Mantua, Teatro Arciducale17720Gl’inganni per vendettaGiovanni Palazzi or Domenico Lalli1720Vicenza, Teatro delle GrazieL'opéra baroque – Les compositeurs – Antonio Lucio VivaldiAntonio Vivaldi : tableau chronologiquereworking of Armida al campo d’Egitto (RV 699)18739La verità in cimentoGiovanni Palazzi26 October (?) 1720Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo19715Filippo re di MacedoniaDomenico Lalli27 December 1720Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelopasticcio20734La SilviaEnrico Bissari28 August 1721Milan, Reggio Ducale21710Ercole su'l TermodonteAntonio SalviJanuary 1723Rome, Teatro Capranica22717GiustinoNicolò Beregan / Pietro PariatiCarnival 1724Rome, Teatro Capranica23740La virtù trionfante dell’amore, e dell’odio, overo Il TigraneFrancesco SilvaniCarnival 1724Rome, Teatro Capranicapasticcio (only Act II by Vivaldi)24721L’inganno trionfante in amoreMatteo NorisAutumn 1725Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo25707CunegondaAgostino Piovene29 January 1726Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo26712La fede tradita e vendicataFrancesco Silvani16 February 1726Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo27Anh 55La tirannia castigataFrancesco SilvaniCarnival 1726Prague, Sporck Theaterrecitatives by Antonio Guerra; arias almost entirely drawn from La costanza trionfante degl'amori e de gl'odii (RV 706)28709Dorilla in TempeAntonio Maria Lucchini9 November 1726Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelopasticcio29722IpermestraAntonio Salvi25 January 1727Florence, Teatro della PergolaFor other versions, see Ipermestra30711FarnaceAntonio Maria Lucchini10 February 1727Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo31735Siroe, re di PersiaMetastasioAscension 1727Reggio Emilia, Teatro Pubblico32728Orlando furiosoGrazio BraccioliAutumn 1727Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo33730Rosilena ed OrontaGiovanni PalazziCarnival 1728Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo34702AtenaideApostolo Zeno29 December 1728Florence, Teatro della Pergola35697ArgippoDomenico LalliAutumn 1730Prague, Sporck Theaterseven arias were rediscovered in Regensburg by Ondrej Macek36696Alvilda 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. 8837733SemiramideFrancesco Silvani and Domenico LalliCarnival 1731Mantua, Teatro Arciducale38714La fida ninfaFrancesco ScipioneCarnival 1732Verona, Teatro Filarmonico39708DoricleaAntonio Marchi1732Prague, Sporck Theaterreworking of La costanza trionfante (RV 706)40723MotezumaGirolamo Alvise Giusti14 November 1733Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo41725L'OlimpiadeMetastasio17 February 1734Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo42695L’AdelaideAntonio SalviCarnival 1735Verona, Teatro Filarmonico43703Il Tamerlano (Il Bajazet)Agostino PioveneCarnival 1735Verona, Teatro Filarmonicopasticcio44718GriseldaApostolo Zeno / Carlo Goldoni18 May 1735Venice, Teatro San Samuele45698AristideCarlo GoldoniAutumn 1735Venice, Teatro San SamueleTransferred to the Anhang as RV Anh. 8946716Ginevra principessa di ScoziaAntonio Salvi17 January 1736Florence, Teatro della Pergola47705Catone in UticaMetastasio26 May 1737Verona, Teatro Filarmonico48726L'oracolo in MesseniaApostolo Zeno30 December 1737Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo49777Il giorno feliceScipione Maffei1737VeniceTransferred to the Anhang as RV Anh. 9250731Rosmira (Rosmira fedele)Silvio Stampiglia27 January 1738Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelopasticcio arranged by Vivaldi of music by Hasse, Pergolesi, Handel, etc.)51713FeraspeFrancesco Silvani1739Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
References
Further reading Cross, Eric (1992), "Vivaldi, Antonio", in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London)
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