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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Lucio Silla, K. 135, is an Italian opera in three acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was written by Giovanni de Gamerra.

It was first performed on 26 December 1772 at the Teatro Regio Ducal in Milan and was regarded as "a moderate success".1

Handel's opera Silla (1713) covered the same subject. Other operas with the same title were also composed by Pasquale Anfossi (1774), and Johann Christian Bach (1776).

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Performance history

The opera was given its first performance in the UK on 7 March 1967 at Camden Town Hall in London. Its US premiere followed in 1969 with a performance in Baltimore on 19 January.1 Lucio Silla is not often performed today, although it was given by the Santa Fe Opera in 2005 2 and in Warsaw in June 2011. It is planned to be presented by the Classical Opera Company in London on 8 March 2012. 3

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere cast, 26 December 1772
(Conductor: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Lucio Silla (Lucius Cornelius Sulla), dictator of Rome tenor Bassano Morgnoni
Celia, sister of Lucio Silla soprano Daniella Mienci
Giunia (Junia), betrothed to Cecilio soprano Anna de Amicis-Buonsolazzi
Cecilio (Cecilius), Roman senator in exile soprano castrato Venanzio Rauzzini
Lucio (Lucius) Cinna, friend of Cecilio soprano Felicità Suardi
Aufidio (Aufidius), tribune and friend of Lucio Silla tenor Giuseppe Onofrio
Guards, nobles, senators, people (chorus)

Synopsis

The story concerns the Roman dictator Lucio Silla (Lucius Sulla) who lusts after Giunia, the daughter of his enemy Caius Marius. Giunia, on the other hand, loves the exiled senator Cecilio.

Noted arias

Act 1
  • "Dalla sponda tenebrosa" – Giunia
  • "Il desio di vendetta" – Silla
  • "Il tenero momento" – Cecilio
  • "Se lusinghiera speme" – Celia
  • "Vieni ov'amor t'invita" – Lucio Cinna
Act 2
  • "Guerrier che d'un acciaro" – Aufidio
  • "Nel fortunato istante" – Lucio Cinna
  • "Parto, m'affretto" – Giunia
  • "Ah se a morir" – Cecilio
  • "Ah se il crudel periglio" – Giunia
  • "D'ogni pietà mi spoglio" – Silla
  • "Quando sugl'arsi campi" – Celia
  • "Quest' improvviso tremito" – Cecilio
  • "Se il labbro timido" – Celia
Act 3
  • "De più superbi il core" – Lucio Cinna
  • "Fra i pensier" – Giunia
  • "Pupille amate" – Cecilio
  • "Strider sento la procella" – Celia

Recordings

  • 1962: Carlo Felice Cillario with Fiorenza Cossotto, Dora Gatta, Rena Gary Falachi, Ferrando Ferrari, Luigi Pontiggia, Anna Maria Rota. Orchestra da camera dell'Angelicum di Milano. (Sarx Records, Cat:SXAM 2019-2)
  • 1985: Cambreling with Rolfe Johnson, Cuberli, Murray, Barbaux, Arulan, van Baasbank, Chorus and Orchestra of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels
  • 1991 (recorded 1975): Hager with Augér, Donath, Mathis, Varady, Krenn, and Schreier, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra (Philips 422 532-2 PME3, 3 CD; reissue for Philips Complete Mozart Edition of recording originally issued on LP by DG)
  • 1991: Harnoncourt with P. Schreier, Gruberova, Bartoli, Upshaw, and Kenny, Vienna Concentus Musicus (Teldec 2292-44928-2, 2 CD - score considerably cut including elimination of relatively small role of Aufidio)

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b Holden, pp. 600-601
  2. ^ Santa Fe opera's performance database
  3. ^ Operabase.com list of performances
Sources
  • Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001. ISBN 0-14-029312-4

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