Il sogno di Scipione
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La Fenice Opera House
La Fenice Opera House
Il sogno di Scipione K. 126, is a dramatic serenade in one act (azione teatrale) composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio, which is based on the book Somnium Scipionis by Cicero. Mozart had originally composed the work at the age of 15 for his patron, Prince-Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach.
After the bishop’s death before it could be performed, Mozart dedicated it to Schrattenbach’s successor, Count Colloredo. It was given a private performance in the Archbishop’s Palace in Salzburg on 1 May 1772, although not in its entirety.
Only one aria, the final chorus and the recitative dedicating it to the new Prince-Archbishop were performed. It is highly unlikely that it was ever performed in its entirety in Mozart’s lifetime.
Details
VENEZIA: MALIBRAN THEATER
Conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli
Director: Elena Barbalich
Sets and costumes: Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia
CAST
Scipione Giuseppe Valentino Buzza
Costanza Francesca Boncompagni
Fortuna Bernarda Bobro
Publio Emanuele D’Aguanno
Emilio Luca Cervoni
Licenza Rui Hoshina
Fondazione Teatro La Fenice
in collaboration with Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia
Atelier della Fenice al Teatro Malibran
Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice
