List of operas by Johann Adolph Hasse

This is a complete list of the operas of the German composer Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783).

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Title Genre Sub­divisions Libretto Première date Place, theatre
Antioco
(incompletely preserved)
opera seria 3 acts Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati 11 August 1721 Braunschweig
Antonio e Cleopatra serenata 2 parts Francesco Ricciardi September 1725 Naples
Il Sesostrate opera seria 3 acts Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati's Sesostri, adapted by Angelo Carasale 13 May 1726 Naples
La Semele, o sia La richiesta fatale serenata 2 parts Francesco Ricciardi Autumn 1726 Naples
L'Astarto opera seria 3 acts Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati, adapted by Angelo Carasale December 1726 Naples
Gerone tiranno di Siracusa opera seria 3 acts Aurelio Aureli 19 November 1727 Naples
Enea in Caonia serenata 2 parts Luigi Maria Stampiglia 1727 Naples
Attalo, re di Bitinia opera seria 3 acts Francesco Silvani May 1728 Naples
L'Ulderica
(incompletely preserved)
opera seria 3 acts unknown 29 January 1729 Naples
La sorella amante commedia per musica 2 acts Bernardo Saddumene Easter 1729 Naples
Tigrane opera seria 3 acts Francesco Silvani 4 November 1729 Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo
L'Erminia 2 acts Bernardo Saddumene Winter 1729 Naples
Artaserse opera seria 3 acts Metastasio February 1730;
second version: 9 September 1740;
third version: 1760
Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Crisostomo;
second version: Dresden;
third version: Naples
Dalisa
(incompletely preserved)
opera seria 3 acts Domenico Lalli, after Nicolò Minato 17 May 1730 Venice, Teatro San Samuele
Arminio
(incompletely preserved)
opera seria 3 acts Antonio Salvi 28 August 1730 Milan
Ezio opera seria 3 acts Metastasio Autumn 1730;
second version: 1755
Naples;
second version: Dresden
Cleofide opera seria 3 acts Michelangelo Boccardi, after Metastasio's Alessandro nell'Indie 13 September 1731 Dresden, Hoftheater
Catone in Utica
(incompletely preserved)
opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 26 December 1731 Turin
Cajo Fabricio opera seria 3 acts Apostolo Zeno 12 January 1732;
second version: 8 July 1734
Rome;
second version: Dresden
Demetrio opera seria 3 acts Metastasio Carnival 1732;
second version: 8 February 1740
Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Crisostomo;
second version: Dresden
Euristeo opera seria 3 acts Apostolo Zeno, adapted by Domenico Lalli May 1732 Venice
Issipile opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 1 October 1732 Naples
Siroe, re di Persia opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 2 May 1733;
second version: 1763
Bologna;
second version: Dresden
Sei tu, Lidippe, o il sole serenata 1 act Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino 2 August 1734 Dresden
Tito Vespasiano
(La clemenza di Tito)
opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 24 September 1735;
second version: 17 January 1738;
third version: 1759
Pesaro;
second version: Dresden;
third version: Naples
Alessandro nell'Indie opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 1736 Venice
Senocrita opera seria 5 acts Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino 27 February 1737 Dresden
Atalanta opera seria 3 acts Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino 26 July 1737 Dresden
Asteria favola pastorale 3 acts Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino 3 August 1737 Dresden
Irene opera seria 3 acts Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino 8 February 1738 Dresden
Alfonso opera seria 5 acts Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino 11 May 1738 Dresden
Viriate opera seria 3 acts Domenico Lalli after Metastasio's Siface Carnival 1739 Venice
Numa Pompilio opera seria 3 acts Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino 7 October 1741 Hubertusburg
Pimpinella e Marcantonio intermezzo 1 act unknown 1741 Dresden
Lucio Papirio opera seria 3 acts Apostolo Zeno 18 January 1742 Dresden
Didone abbandonata opera seria 3 acts Metastasio, adapted by Francesco Algarotti 7 October 1742;
second version: 4 February 1743
Hubertusburg;
second version: Dresden
Asilo d'amore festa teatrale 1 act Metastasio 7 October 1743 Hubertusburg
Antigono opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 20 January 1744 Dresden, Hoftheater
Ipermestra opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 8 January 1744;
second version: 7 October 1751
Vienna;
second version: Hubertusburg
Semiramide riconosciuta opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 26 December 1744;
second version: 11 January 1747
Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Crisostomo;
second version: Dresden
Arminio opera seria 3 acts Giovanni Claudio Pasquini 7 October 1745;
second version: 8 January 1753
Dresden
(both versions)
La spartana generosa, ovvero Archidamia opera seria 3 acts Giovanni Claudio Pasquini 14 June 1747 Dresden
Leucippo favola pastorale 3 acts Giovanni Claudio Pasquini 7 October 1747;
second version: 7 January 1751;
third version: 1757
Hubertusburg;
second version: Dresden;
third version: Schwetzingen
Demofoonte opera seria 3 acts Metastasio (Demofonte) 9 February 1748;
second version: Carnival 1749;
third version: 1758
Dresden;
second version: Venice;
third version: Naples
Il natal di Giove serenata 1 act Metastasio 7 October 1749 Hubertusburg
Attilio Regolo opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 12 January 1750 Dresden
Endimione festa teatrale 2 acts after Metastasio around 1750 Warsaw
Ciro riconosciuto opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 20 January 1751;
second version: 17 January 1762
Dresden;
second version: Warsaw
Adriano in Siria opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 17 January 1752 Dresden
Solimano opera seria 3 acts Giovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca 5 February 1753 Dresden
L'eroe cinese opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 7 October 1753 Hubertusburg
Artemisia opera seria 3 acts Giovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca 6 February 1754 Dresden
Ezio
(revision of the 1730 version)
opera seria 3 acts Metastasio, adapted by Giovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca 20 January 1755 Dresden
Il re pastore opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 7 October 1755;
second version: 7 October 1762
Hubertusburg;
second version: Warsaw
L'Olimpiade opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 16 February 1756;
second version: 26 December 1764
Dresden;
second version: Turin
Nitteti opera seria 3 acts Metastasio Carnival 1758;
second version: 3 August 1759
Venice;
second version: Warsaw
Il sogno di Scipione azione teatrale 1 act Metastasio 7 October 1758 Warsaw
Demofoonte
(revision of the 1748 version)
opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 4 November 1758 Naples
La clemenza di Tito
(revision of the 1735 version)
opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 20 January 1759 Naples
Achille in Sciro opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 4 November 1759 Naples
Artaserse
(revision of the 1730 version)
opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 26 or 27 January 1760 Naples
Alcide al Bivio festa teatrale 1 act Metastasio 7 October 1760
(in celebration of the marriage of Archduke Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor and Princess Isabella Maria of Parma)
Vienna, Hofburg
Zenobia opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 7 October 1761 Warsaw
Il trionfo di Clelia opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 27 April 1762;
second version: 3 August 1762
Vienna, Burgtheater;
second version: Warsaw
Siroe
(revision of the 1733 version)
opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 3 August 1763 Dresden
Egeria festa teatrale 1 act Metastasio 24 April 1764 Vienna
Romolo ed Ersilia opera seria 3 acts Metastasio 6 August 1765 Innsbruck
Partenope festa teatrale 2 acts Metastasio 9 September 1767 Vienna, Burgtheater
Piramo e Tisbe intermezzo tragico 2 acts Marco Coltellini November 1768 Vienna, Burgtheater
Ruggiero
(Il Ruggiero, ovvero L'eroica gratitudine)
opera seria 3 acts Metastasio after Ludovico Ariosto 16 October 1771 Milan

Sources edit

  • Hansell, Sven (2001). "Hasse, Johann Adolf [Adolph]". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/omo/9781561592630.013.90000380289. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.

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