La verità in cimento

Antonio Vivaldi

Operas Ottone in villa (1713) Orlando furioso (RV 819) (1714) Orlando finto pazzo (1714) Nerone fatto Cesare (1715) Arsilda, regina di Ponto (1716) La costanza trionfante (1716) L'incoronazione di Dario (1717) Tieteberga (1717) Armida al campo d'Egitto (1718) Scanderbeg (1718) Teuzzone (1719) Tito Manlio (1719) La verità in cimento (1720) La Silvia (1721) Ercole su'l Termodonte (1723) Giustino (1724) Dorilla in Tempe (1726) Farnace (1727) Orlando furioso (RV 728) (1727) Atenaide (1728) Argippo (1730) La fida ninfa (1732) Motezuma (1733) L'Olimpiade (1734) Bajazet (1735) Griselda (1735) L'oracolo in Messenia (1738)

La verità in cimento (Italian pronunciation: [la veriˈta in tʃiˈmento]; Truth in Contention) is an opera by Antonio Vivaldi to a libretto by Giovanni Palazzi. The opera, Vivaldi's 13th, was premiered during the Carnival at Venice in 1720. The work is dedicated to Count Sava Vladislavich, a Russian legate who resided in Venice from 1716 to 1722. The work is listed as RV 739 in the Vivaldi catalogue.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, 1720 (Conductor: – )
Rosane	soprano	Anna Maria Strada
Rustena	mezzo-soprano	Chiara Orlandi
Melindo	contralto	Antonia Laurenti, "La Coralli".
Damira	contralto	Antonia Merighi
Zelim	soprano (castrato)	Girolamo Albertini
Sultan Mamud	tenor	Antonio Barbieri

Synopsis

Mamud had two sons, one by his favourite Damira and one by the Sultana Rustena. He had them exchanged at birth, so that Melindo, in truth the son of Damira, is thought to be the legitimate heir, a position rightfully held by Zelim. When marriage is proposed between Melindo and Rosane, the heiress to another Sultanate (who is in fact beloved by Zelim), Mamud resolves to reveal the true state of affairs. After various twists and turns, Zelim inherits the larger portion of his empire, while Melindo contents himself with a secondary kingdom (Rosane's country) and is allowed to marry the fickle princess Rosane. This leaves everyone satisfied.

Recording

Ensemble Matheus, cond. Jean-Christophe Spinosi (2002)

References

Frédéric Delaméa, tr. Charles Johnston, essays in booklet accompanying recording referred to above.

Antonio Vivaldi

Operas

Ottone in villa (1713)
Orlando furioso (RV 819) (1714)
Orlando finto pazzo (1714)
Nerone fatto Cesare (1715)
La costanza trionfante degl'amori e de gl'odii (1716)
Arsilda, regina di Ponto (1716)
L'incoronazione di Dario (1717)
Tieteberga (1717)
Armida al campo d'Egitto (1718)
Scanderbeg (1718)
Teuzzone (1718)
Tito Manlio (1719)
La verità in cimento (1720)
La Silvia (1721)
Ercole su'l Termodonte (1723)
Giustino (1724)
Dorilla in Tempe (1726)
Farnace (1727)
Orlando furioso (RV 728) (1727)
Atenaide (1728)
Argippo (1730)
Alvilda regina de' Goti (1731)
La fida ninfa (1732)
Motezuma (1733)
L'Olimpiade (1734)
Il Tamerlano (1735)
Griselda (1735)
Catone in Utica (1737)
L'oracolo in Messenia (1737)

Sacred music

Compositions

Twelve Trio Sonatas, Op. 1 (1705)
Twelve Trio Sonatas, Op. 2 (1709)
L'estro Armonico, Op. 3 (1711)
La stravaganza, Op. 4 (1714)
Six Violin Sonatas, Op. 5 (1716)
Six Violin Concertos, Op. 6 (1716–1721)
Twelve Concertos, Op. 7 (1716–1717)
Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, Op. 8 (1723)
- Le quattro stagioni (1723)
Mandolin Concerto, RV 425 (1725)
La cetra, Op. 9 (1727)
Six Flute Concertos, Op. 10 (1728)
Six Concertos, Op. 11 (1729)
Six Violin Concertos, Op. 12 (1729)
Flute Concerto Il gran mogol, RV 431a (c. 1730)
Lute Concerto, RV 93 (1730s)

Named for Vivaldi

Category:Compositions by Antonio Vivaldi

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