''Mutio Scevola'' or ''Muzio Scevola'' (''Mucius Scaevola'') is an opera in three acts and a prologue by the Italian composer

Francesco Cavalli Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverdi as the dominant and leading oper ...

, with a libretto by

Giovanni Faustini Giovanni Faustini (1615 – 19 December 1651) was an Italian librettist and opera impresario of the 17th century. He is best remembered for his collaborations with the composer Francesco Cavalli. Life and career Faustini was born in Venice. Impre ...

. It was based on the story of the Roman hero,

Gaius Mucius Scaevola Gaius Mucius Cordus, better known with his later cognomen Scaevola ( , ), was an ancient Roman youth, possibly mythical, famous for his bravery. In 508 BC, during the war between Rome and Clusium, the Clusian king Lars Porsena laid siege to ...

. The opera was first performed at the

Teatro San Samuele Teatro San Samuele was an opera house and theatre located at the Rio del Duca, between Campo San Samuele and Campo Santo Stefano, in Venice. One of several important theatres built in that city by the Grimani family, the theatre opened in 1656 and ...

, Venice on 26 January 1665 and revived in

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in 1667.

Roles

References

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Brenac, Jean-Claude, ''Le magazine de l'opéra baroque''
online at perso.orange.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2022. 1665 operas Operas Operas by Francesco Cavalli {{Italian-opera-stub