L'Olimpiade is a dramma per musica in three acts that was composed by Antonio Vivaldi. The opera uses an Italian libretto by Pietro Metastasio that was originally written for Antonio Caldara's 1733 opera of the same name. Vivaldi's version premiered in Venice at the Teatro Sant'Angelo on 17 February 1734. The same libretto was to be later set to music by over 50 other composers, starting from Giovanni Battista Pergolesi in 1735.
| Librettist | Metastasio |
| Premiered | 1734, February 17th (Teatro Sant’Angelo) in Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy |
| Type | Opera |
| Catalogue | RV 725 |
| Spoken language | Italian |
| Instruments |
Voice (Tenor)
- Clistene, king of Sicione
Voice (Contralto) - Aristea, his daughter, in love with Megacle Voice (Contralto) - Argene, a lady from Crete disguised as a shepherdess under the name of Licori, in love with Licida Voice (Soprano) - (soprano castrato) Megacle, in love with Aristea, friend of Licida Voice (Contralto) - (travesti role) Licida, believed to be the son of the king of Crete, in love with Aristea, friend of Megacle Voice (Soprano) - (soprano castrato) Aminta Voice (Bass) - Alcandro, friend of Clistene |
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