''Moro per amore'' is a 1681 opera by

Alessandro Stradella Antonio Alessandro Boncompagno Stradella (Bologna, 3 July 1643 – Genoa, 25 February 1682) was an Italian composer of the middle Baroque period. He enjoyed a dazzling career as a freelance composer, writing on commission, and collaborating wi ...

to a libretto by Flavio Orsini last

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. It was scheduled for

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's Teatro Falcone in 1681, but was not given a public performance to 1695, thirteen years after the composer's death. Fanfare - Volume 17, Issues 5-6 - Page 254 Joel Flegler - 1994 - For reasons unknown, Moro per amore was not given its public debut until thirteen years after Stradella's death, ...

Recordings

*''Moro per amore'', cond. Estevan Velardi, Bongiovanni

References

{{Alessandro Stradella Operas 1681 operas Operas by Alessandro Stradella