''L'incoronazione di Dario'' (''The Coronation of Darius'') is an opera in three acts composed by Giacomo Antonio Perti to an Italian

libretto A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major lit ...

by Adriano Morselli (revised by Giorgio Maria Raparini). It was first performed on 13 January 1686, at the Teatro Malvezzi in Bologna. Morselli originally wrote the libretto for Domenico Freschi's opera ''Dario'' which premiered at the Teatro San Angelo in Venice in 1685. Other later uses of the libretto include Giuseppe Aldrovandini's 1705 ''L'incoronazione di Dario'' (with the libretto revised by Andrea del Pò) and

Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widesprea ...

's 1717 '' L'incoronazione di Dario'' (with the libretto revised by an unknown author).

Roles

* Dario, ''claimant to the throne of King Cyrus'' (

tenor A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is wi ...

) *Statira, ''daughter of King Cyrus'' (

contralto A contralto () is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type. The contralto's vocal range is fairly rare; similar to the mezzo-soprano, and almost identical to that of a countertenor, typically ...

) *Argene, ''daughter of King Cyrus'' (contralto) *Flora (contralto) *Alinda (

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880& ...

) *Arpago, ''claimant to the throne of King Cyrus'' (soprano) *Oronte, ''claimant to the throne of King Cyrus'' (soprano

castrato A castrato (Italian, plural: ''castrati'') is a type of classical male singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto. The voice is produced by castration of the singer before puberty, or it occurs in one who, due t ...

) *Ombra di Ciro, ''the ghost of King Cyrus'' (tenor) *Niceno, ''tutor to Statira and Argene'' ( bass) *

Apollo Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label=Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label= ...

(bass)

Sources

* *Fantuzzi, Giovanni (1789)
''Notizie degli scrittori bolognesi'', Volume 7
Stamperia di S. Tommaso d'Aquino, pp. 171–172 *Olschki, Leo S. (1979)
''Il teatro musicale di Antonio Vivaldi''
Biblioteca degli Historiae Musicae Cultores, p. 101 Operas Italian-language operas 1686 operas Operas set in ancient Persia Cultural depictions of Darius the Great {{Italian-opera-stub