Demofoonte
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Demofonte (also Demofoonte; Il Demofoonte; Demofoonte, ré di Tracia [King of Thrace]; Démophon; Demophontes; or ''Dirce, L'usurpatore innocente'' [Dirce, the Innocent Usurper]) is an opera seria libretto by Metastasio. The libretto was first set by Antonio Caldara in 1733, but remained popular throughout the eighteenth century and was set over seventy times.
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- Instance of
- libretto
- Author
- Pietro Metastasio
- Country of origin
- Italy
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- Commons category
- Demofoonte (Metastasio)
- date of first performance
- 1733-11-04
- publication date
- 1731-00-00
- language of work or name
- Italian
- copyright status
- public domain
- title
- Demofoonte
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Demofonte (also Demofoonte; Il Demofoonte; Demofoonte, ré di Tracia [King of Thrace]; Démophon; Demophontes; or ''Dirce, L'usurpatore innocente [Dirce, the Innocent Usurper]) is an opera seria libretto by Metastasio. The libretto was first set by Antonio Caldara in 1733, but remained popular throughout the eighteenth century and was set over seventy times.
==General information== Title and title abbreviation: Demofoonte'' (Demof.) dramma per musica – dm Volume and page number in the Brunelli edition of Metastasio's works: I, 635 Text incipit of the first line of the work: [Dircea:] "Credimi, o padre: ol tuo soverchio affetto" Composer of first setting: Antonio Caldara Place and date of first performance (or of completion): Vienna, Hoftheater, November 4, 1733 Occasion for the first performance: Name-day of the Emperor Charles VI
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