Cajo Mario
Encyclopedia
Cajo Mario is an opera seria
in 3 acts by composer
Niccolò Jommelli
. The opera
's Italian language libretto
by Gaetano Roccaforte is based on Lucio Anneo Floro's Tito Livio e Plutarco. All of the parts are written for castrati. The work premiered on 6 February 1746 at the Teatro Argentina
in Rome
.
Opera seria
Opera seria is an Italian musical term which refers to the noble and "serious" style of Italian opera that predominated in Europe from the 1710s to c. 1770...
in 3 acts by composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
Niccolò Jommelli
Niccolò Jommelli
Niccolò Jommelli was an Italian composer. He was born in Aversa and died in Naples. Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France, he made important changes to opera and reduced the importance of star singers.-Early life:Jommelli was born to Francesco Antonio Jommelli and...
. The opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
's Italian language libretto
Libretto
A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata, or musical. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata, or even the story line of a...
by Gaetano Roccaforte is based on Lucio Anneo Floro's Tito Livio e Plutarco. All of the parts are written for castrati. The work premiered on 6 February 1746 at the Teatro Argentina
Teatro Argentina
The Teatro Argentina is an opera house and theatre located in the Largo di Torre Argentina, a square in Rome, Italy. It is one of the oldest theatres in Rome, and was inaugurated on January 31, 1732 with Berenice by Domenico Sarro....
in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
.
Roles
| Role | Premiere Cast Conductor: |
|---|---|
| Cajo Mario | Litterio Ferrai |
| Marzia | Giuseppe Chiaramonte |
| Annio | Gioacchino Conti Gioacchino Conti Gioacchino Conti , best known as Gizziello, was an Italian soprano castrato opera singer.-Biography:Conti was born in Arpino... |
| Rodope | Giuseppe Casoni |
| Lucio | Domenico Giardini |
| Aquilio | Alessandro Veroni |