... styles of music for a creative outlet. He found his outlet in oratorio and in writing cantatas for Roman patrons. In 1706 he was elected to the Arcadian Academy, along with Pasquini and Corelli, and in the following year, he presented two operas in Venice: Il trionfo della liberta, and our featured work, Il Mitridate Eupatore. Venice, being the citadel of Italian opera, did not enjoy these operas ... is deeply saddened. Mitridate finds his sister and informs her of his plot to take over Pontus. Laodice is ecstatic about the false nature of his brother's impending death, and they both ga...

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• Approx Pages: 5

... from the Spanish play Simon Bocanegra by Antonio Garcia Gutierrez. It premiered on March 12, 1857 at the Teatro La Fenice Theatre in Venice. The story was set in and around Genoa in the 14th century. The characters: Simon Boccanegra, a corsair, later Doge of Genoa; Amelia (a.k.a. Maria), Simon's daughter, also ... ignore the plan to marry Amelia, Paolo and Pietro conspire to kidnap her. Gabriele hears shouting coming from the Doge's palace and rushes in and accuses Boccanegra of calculating Amelia's abduction. Amelia intercedes and describes her kidnapping, indicating Paolo's involvement...

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... years old Mozart conducted the premiere himself. Lorenzo da Ponte had written the libretto for him and had taken the plot from an opera performed in Venice in January 1787. The central figure is the fascinating but unscrupulous seducer from Sevilla. The people around him become his victims: Donna Anna, the Commendatore ... with a threefold NO. His servant Leporello plays the part of the harlequin taken from the old popular comedy. Act 1 of the play begins in the 1600's in Seville. At night, outside the Commendatore's palace, Leporello grumbles about his duties as servant to Don Giovanni...

• Word Count: 1856
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School