Il re pastore (The Shepherd King) is an opera, K. 208, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Metastasio, edited by Gianbattista Varesco. It is an opera seria. The opera was first performed on 23 April 1775 in Salzburg, at the Palace of the Archbishop Count Hieronymus von Colloredo.

Librettist Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782)
Date of composition 1775
Premiered 1775, April 23rd in Salzburg, Austria
Type Opera
Catalogue KV 208
Spoken language Italian
Instruments Voice - Solo voices ;
Chorus/Choir
Orchestra
Voice (Castrato) - Aminta, a shepherd, rightful heir to Sidon
Voice (Soprano) - Elisa, Phoenician shepherdess
Voice (Soprano) - Tamiri, daughter of the deposed tyrant, Stratone
Voice (Tenor) - Agenore, Sidonian aristocrat
Voice (Tenor) - Alessandro, King of Macedonia
Autotranslations beta Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Il rè pastore, KV 208 "The Shepherd King"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Il rè pastore, KV 208 "The Shepherd King"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Il rè pastore, KV 208 "The Shepherd King"