La Statira

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La Statira is an opera seria in three acts by the Italian composer Tomaso Albinoni with a libretto by Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati. It was first performed at the Teatro Capranica, Rome during the Carnival season of 1726. The plot concerns the rivalry between Statira and Barsina for the throne of Persia.
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Apostolo Zeno

Apostolo Zeno (born in Venice, December 11, 1669; died in Venice, November 11, 1750) was an Venetian poet, librettist, journalist, and man of letters. Apostolo Zeno was born of Cretan Greek descent in Venice in 1669. His father was Pietro Zeno a doctor of medicine and his mother, Caterina Sevasto,...

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Tomaso Albinoni

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (8 June 1671, Venice, Republic of Venice – 17 January 1751, Venice, Republic of Venice) was a Venetian Baroque composer. While famous in his day as an opera composer, he is mainly remembered today for his instrumental music, some of which is regularly recorded. Born to...
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