List of operas by Antonio Vivaldi

This is a complete list of operas by Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741). He claimed to have composed 94 operas, but fewer than 50 titles have been identified, of which the scores of only 20 or so survive, wholly or in part. Moreover, the practice of reviving works under a different title and of creating pasticci has confused musicologists.

All of Vivaldi's operatic works are described as dramma per musica, roughly equivalent to opera seria.

Key:
music completely lost
music preserved (at least in part)

RV	Title	Libretto	Première date	Place, theatre	Notes
729	Ottone in villa	LalliDomenico Lalli	1713-05-00May 1713	Vicenza, Teatro di Piazza
727	Orlando finto pazzo	BraccioliGrazio Braccioli	1714-11-00November 1714	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
819	Orlando furioso		17141714	Venice, Teatro San Angelo	part survives in manuscript, parts later reworked in RV 728 q.v.
724	Nerone fatto Cesare	NorisMatteo Noris	1715-03-00Carnival 1715	Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo	pasticcio (Francesco Gasparini, Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Carlo Francesco Pollarolo, Vivaldi)
706	costanzaLa costanza trionfante degl'amori e de gl'odii	MarchiAntonio Marchi	1715-03-00Carnival 1716	Venice, Teatro San Moisè	reworked as Artabano, re dei Parti (RV 701) in 1718, then as Doriclea (RV 708) in 1732
700	Arsilda, regina di Ponto	LalliDomenico Lalli	1716-10-2727 or 28 October 1716	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
719	incoronazioneL'incoronazione di Dario	MorselliAdriano Morselli	1717-01-2323 January 1717	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
737	Tieteberga	LucchiniAntonio Maria Lucchini	1717-10-1616 October 1717	Venice, Teatro San Moisè
999.58Anh 58	vintoIl vinto trionfante del vincitore	MarchiAntonio Marchi	1717-10-00Autumn 1717	Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo	pasticcio, possibly with some music by Vivaldi
701	Artabano, re dei Parti	MarchiAntonio Marchi	1718-03-00Carnival 1718	Venice, Teatro San Moisè	reworking of La costanza trionfante (RV 706)
699	Armida al campo d'Egitto	PalazziGiovanni Palazzi	1715-03-01Carnival 1718	Venice, Teatro San Moisè. Further performances in Venice on 26 December 1730 and 12 February 1738.[1]	reworked as Gl’inganni per vendetta (RV 720) in 1720
732	Scanderbeg	SalviAntonio Salvi	1718-06-2222 June 1718	Florence, Teatro della Pergola
736	Teuzzone	ZenoApostolo Zeno	1718-12-2828 December 1718	Mantua, Teatro Arciducale
738	Tito Manlio	NorisMatteo Noris	1719-03-00Carnival 1719	Mantua, Teatro Arciducale
778	Tito Manlio	NorisMatteo Noris	1719-03-00Carnival 1720	Rome, Teatro della Pace	pasticcio. Act III only by Vivaldi.
704	CandaceLa Candace, o siano Li veri amici	SilvaniFrancesco Silvani and Domenico Lalli	1720-03-00Carnival 1720	Mantua, Teatro Arciducale
720	inganniGl’inganni per vendetta	PalazziGiovanni Palazzi or Domenico Lalli	1720-06-001720	Vicenza, Teatro delle Grazie[2][3]	reworking of Armida al campo d’Egitto (RV 699)
739	veritàLa verità in cimento	PalazziGiovanni Palazzi	1720-10-2626 October (?) 1720	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
715	Filippo re di Macedonia	LalliDomenico Lalli	1720-12-2727 December 1720	Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo	pasticcio
734	SilviaLa Silvia	BissariEnrico Bissari	1721-08-2828 August 1721	Milan, Reggio Ducale
710	Ercole su'l Termodonte	BussaniGiacomo Francesco Bussani	1723-01-00January 1723	Rome, Teatro Capranica
717	Giustino	BereganNicolò Beregan / Pietro Pariati	1724-03-00Carnival 1724	Rome, Teatro Capranica
740	virtùLa virtù trionfante dell’amore, e dell’odio, overo Il Tigrane	SilvaniFrancesco Silvani	1724-03-01Carnival 1724	Rome, Teatro Capranica	pasticcio (only Act II by Vivaldi)
721	ingannoL’inganno trionfante in amore	NorisMatteo Noris	1726-10-00Autumn 1725	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
707	Cunegonda	PioveneAgostino Piovene	1726-01-2929 January 1726	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
712	fedeLa fede tradita e vendicata	SilvaniFrancesco Silvani	1726-02-1616 February 1726	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
999.55Anh 55	tiranniaLa tirannia castigata	SilvaniFrancesco Silvani	1726-03-00Carnival 1726	Prague, Sporck Theater
709	Dorilla in Tempe	LucchiniAntonio Maria Lucchini	1726-11-099 November 1726	Venice, Teatro Sant’Angelo	pasticcio
722	Ipermestra	SalviAntonio Salvi	1727-01-2525 January 1727	Florence, Teatro della Pergola
711	Farnace	LucchiniAntonio Maria Lucchini	1727-02-1010 February 1727	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
735	Siroe, re di Persia	Metastasio	1727-05-23Ascension 1727	Reggio Emilia, Teatro Pubblico
728	Orlando furioso	BraccioliGrazio Braccioli	1727-10-00Autumn 1727	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
730	Rosilena ed Oronta	PalazziGiovanni Palazzi	1728-03-00Carnival 1728	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
702	Atenaide	ZenoApostolo Zeno	1728-12-2929 December 1728	Florence, Teatro della Pergola
697	Argippo	LalliDomenico Lalli	1730-10-00Autumn 1730	Prague, Sporck Theater	seven arias were rediscovered in Regensburg by Ondrej Macek
696	Alvilda regina de' Goti	CorradiGiulio Cesare Corradi	1731-04-00Spring 1731	Prague, Sporck Theater	only some arias by Vivaldi, probably from other operas
733	Semiramide	SilvaniFrancesco Silvani and Domenico Lalli	1731-04-01Carnival 1731	Mantua, Teatro Arciducale
714	fidaLa fida ninfa	ScipioneFrancesco Scipione	1732-03-00Carnival 1732	Verona, Teatro Filarmonico
708	Doriclea	MarchiAntonio Marchi	1732-99-001732	Prague, Sporck Theater	reworking of La costanza trionfante (RV 706)
723	Motezuma	GiustiGirolamo Alvise Giusti	1733-11-1414 November 1733	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
725	OlimpiadeL'Olimpiade	Metastasio	1734-02-1717 February 1734	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
695	AdelaideL’Adelaide	SalviAntonio Salvi	1735-04-00Carnival 1735	Verona, Teatro Filarmonico
703	TamerlanoIl Tamerlano (Il Bajazet)	PioveneAgostino Piovene	1735-04-01Carnival 1735	Verona, Teatro Filarmonico	pasticcio
718	Griselda	ZenoApostolo Zeno / Carlo Goldoni	1735-05-1818 May 1735	Venice, Teatro San Samuele
698	Aristide	GoldoniCarlo Goldoni	1735-10-00Autumn 1735	Venice, Teatro San Samuele
716	Ginevra principessa di Scozia	SalviAntonio Salvi	1736-01-1717 January 1736	Florence, Teatro della Pergola
705	Catone in Utica	Metastasio	1737-05-2626 May 1737	Verona, Teatro Filarmonico
726	oracoloL'oracolo in Messenia	ZenoApostolo Zeno	1737-12-3030 December 1737	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo
777	Il giorno felice	0?	1737-99-991737	Venice
731	Rosmira (Rosmira fedele)	StampigliaSilvio Stampiglia	1738-01-2727 January 1738	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo	pasticcio arranged by Vivaldi of music by Hasse, Pergolesi, Handel, etc.)
713	Feraspe	SilvaniFrancesco Silvani	1739-00-001739	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo

References

Notes

1. Casaglia, Gherardo (2005).[http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco?r=&alm_testo=Armida_al_campo_d'Egitto "Armida al campo d'Egitto"]. Almanacco Amadeus (Italian).
2. L'opéra baroque — Les compositeurs — Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
3. Antonio Vivaldi : tableau chronologique

Sources

• Cross, Eric (1992), 'Vivaldi, Antonio,' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
• Some of the information in this article is taken from the related French Wikipedia article.