Scipione affricano

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Operas by Francesco Cavalli
Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo (1639) Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne (1640) La Didone (1641) La virtù dei strali d'Amore (1642) Egisto (1643) L'Ormindo (1644) Doriclea (1645) Il Giasone (1649) Orimonte (1650) Oristeo (1651) La Calisto (1652) Eritrea (1652) Veremonda (1652) Rosinda (1653) Orione (1653) Ciro (1654) Xerse (1655) Statira principessa di Persia (1655) Erismena (1655) Artemisia (1657) Hipermestra (1658) Elena (1659) Ercole amante (1662) Scipione affricano (1664) Mutio Scevola (1665) Pompeo Magno (1666) Eliogabalo (1667)
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Scipione affricano (Scipio Africanus) is an opera in a prologue and three acts by Francesco Cavalli. It was designated as a drama per musica. The Italian libretto was by Nicolò Minato.

[edit] Performance history

It was first performed in Venice at the Teatro SS Giovanni e Paolo on 9 February 1664. It was also given in Rome in 1671 with the castrato Giovanni Francesco Grossi as a celebrated Siface.

[edit] Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, February 9, 1664 (Conductor: - )
Asdrubale (Hasdrubal)	tenor
Ericlea	soprano
Luceio (Luceius)	soprano
Polinio (Polinius)	soprano
Siface (Syphax)	alto
Massanissa	bass
Sofonisba (Sophonisba)	soprano

[edit] Sources

• Clinksdale, Martha Novak, "Scipione affricano" , The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7