Nerone fatto Cesare is a lost dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi.

Nerone fatto Cesare
Lost dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi
Probable portrait of Antonio Vivaldi, c. 1723
LanguageItalian
Premiere
1715 (1715)

Performance history

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The opera was first performed at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice during Carnival in 1715.[1] It was revived (with many new arias) for the Accademia, Brescia, at the 1716 Carnival.

Roles

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Cast Voice type Premiere, 1715
Zelto Florido Matteucci
Seneca bass Antonio Francesco Carli
Pallante, Minister contralto castrato Andrea Pacini
Ate, Freedwoman Giovanna Ronzani
Gusmano, Ambassador soprano castrato Francesco Natali
Tigrane, King of Armenia soprano (en travesti) Elisabetta Denzio
Nerone, his son contralto (en travesti) Anna Maria Fabbri
Agrippina, Empress soprano Margherita Gualandi

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