Composers and Their Settings of Metastasio Texts
ARRANGED BY COMPOSER
How to browse this index:
- Entries are arranged alphabetically by composer; therefore:
- Select the appropriate letter for the composer from the
alphabet in the left hand column
- To return to the Composers' Works home page, "click" on "Composers Page" in the
left hand column
- To return to the Metastasio home page, "click" on "Home Page"
in the left hand column.
Clicking on the abbreviated title of any entry will bring into the
box at the bottom of the screen a citation for Metastasio's original
work from the Metastasio Workslist. This entry contains:
- The title of the work followed by its abbreviation (in parenthesis)
- The genre that the work represents and the abbreviation for
the genre [in square brackets]
- A full list of the dramatis personae
- The text of the first line of the work
- The composer, place and date of the first performance (or date of
completion) if known
- (In many instance), a note about the occasion of the first performance
The volume and page numbers given refer to:
Metastasio, Pietro. Tutte le opere di Pietro Metastasio.
Edited by Bruno Brunelli. 5 vols. Verona: Mondadori, 1951-65, vols. 1-2
NOTE: Work still in progress.
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