La Statira is an opera seria in three acts by the Italian composer Tomaso Albinoni with a libretto by Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati. It was first performed at the Teatro Capranica in Rome during the Carnival season of 1726. The plot concerns the rivalry between Statira and Barsimo for the throne of Persia.

La Statira
Opera seria by Tomaso Albinoni
Portrait of the composer
Librettist
LanguageItalian
Premiere
1726 (1726)

The singers in the premiere performance were:[1][failed verification]

Roles Voice type Premiere cast, 18 February 1726
Statira castrato soprano Gaetano Valletta
Barsina castrato soprano Domenico Ricci
Oronte tenor Giovanni Francesco Costanzi
Dario castrato soprano Giovanni Antonio Reina
Arsace castrato soprano Domenico Genovesi
Oribasio tenor Gaetano Leuzzi
Idaspe contralto castrato (?) Domenico Antonio Angellini

References edit

  1. ^ Giazotto, Remo (1945). Tomaso Albinoni. Fratelli Bocca. p. 68.

Further reading edit

  • Holden, Amanda (ed.), The Viking Opera Guide, Viking, 1993