This is a chronological list of works known to have premiered at the

Teatro Capranica The Teatro Capranica is a theatre situated at 101 Piazza Capranica in the Colonna district of Rome. Originally constructed in 1679 by the Capranica family and housed in the early Renaissance Palazzo Capranica, it was the second public theatre to o ...

in Rome. While the vast majority are

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...

s, the list also includes

oratorio An oratorio () is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists. Like most operas, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias. However, opera is ...

s, cantatas, and plays. The Capranica was originally built as a private theatre in 1679 and converted into a public theatre in 1694. The theatre was closed from 1699 to 1711 when there was a papal ban on public secular performances in Rome. There were other shorter periods of closure in the 18th and 19th centuries, and it definitively ceased operating as a full-scale theatre and opera house in 1881. In a much altered state, it now serves as a conference and event venue.

Premieres

17th century

Bernardo Pasquini Bernardo Pasquini (Massa e Cozzile, 7 December 1637Rome, 21 November 1710) was an Italian composer of operas, oratorios, cantatas and keyboard music. A renowned virtuoso keyboard player in his day, he was one of the most important Italian composer ...

's ''Dov'è amore è pietà''; opera (

dramma per musica Dramma per musica ( Italian, literally: ''drama for music'', plural: ''drammi per musica'') is a libretto. The term was used by dramatists in Italy and elsewhere between the mid-17th and mid-19th centuries. In modern times the same meaning of ''dra ...

); libretto by

Cristoforo Ivanovich Cristoforo Ivanovich (1628–1689) was the first historian of Venetian opera, who also wrote several librettos of his own. Biography Ivanovich was born in Budua (Budva), at the time part of Venetian Albania (now southeastern Montenegro). Accordi ...

; 6 January 1679Unless otherwise specified, all items in this section are sourced from Casaglia * Alessandro Scarlatti's ''Gli equivoci nel sembiante ovvero L'errore innocente''; opera ( dramma pastorale) in 3 acts; libretto by Domenico Filippo Contini; 5 February 1679 (first public performance) *Bernardo Pasquini's ''L'Idalma, overo Chi la dura la vince''; opera (

commedia per musica This is a glossary list of opera genres, giving alternative names. "Opera" is an Italian word (short for "opera in musica"); it was not at first ''commonly'' used in Italy (or in other countries) to refer to the genre of particular works. Most ...

); libretto by Giuseppe Domenico de Totis; 6 February 1680 *

Francesco Gasparini Francesco Gasparini (19 March 1661 – 22 March 1727) was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher whose works were performed throughout Italy, and also on occasion in Germany and England. Biography Born in Camaiore, near Lucca, he studied in ...

's ''Amor vince lo sdegno ovvero L'Olimpia placata''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by

Aurelio Aureli Aurelio Aureli (Venice, before 1652 – id. after 1708) was an Italian librettist. Life Little is known about Aureli's life. He began his operatic career in 1652 with ''L'Erginda''. Until 1687, he worked as a librettist mainly in Venice, excep ...

; 9 February 1692 *Alessandro Scarlatti's ''Il nemico di se stesso''; opera (dramma per musica) in three acts; libretto anonymous; 24 January 1693 *Alessandro Scarlatti's ''La Teodora Augusta'' (revised version), opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by

Adriano Morselli Adriano Morselli was a Venetian librettist active between 1679 and 1691. His libretti have been set to music by composers like Antonio Vivaldi, Alessandro Scarlatti, Giacomo Antonio Perti, Bernardo Sabadini, Carlo Francesco Pollarolo and Domenico ...

; 4 January 1693Della Corte * Lulier, Gaffi, and

Cesarini Cesarini is an Italian surname and the name of an Italian noble family. Notable people mostly include members of the noble Cesarini family, who held various ecclesiastical titles. Notable members * Alessandro Cesarini (died 1542), Italian cardin ...

's ''Clearco in Negroponte'', opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Novello de Bonis; 18 January 1695 *Alessandro Scarlatti's ''Il Flavio Cuniberto''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by

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; Carnival season, 1696 * Bernardo Sabadini's ''L'Eusonia overo La dama stravagante''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Matteo Noris, Carnival season, 1697

18th century

Bartolomeo Nazari - Portrait of Farinelli 1734 - Royal College of Music London

Antonio Caldara Antonio Caldara (ca 1670 – 28 December 1736) was an Italian Baroque composer. Life Caldara was born in Venice (exact date unknown), the son of a violinist. He became a chorister at St Mark's in Venice, where he learned several instruments, ...

's '' Tito e Berenice''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto

Carlo Sigismondo Capece Carlo Sigismondo Capece (21 June 1652 in Rome – 12 March 1728 in Polistena) was an Italian dramatist and librettist. Capece was court poet to Queen Maria Casimira of Poland, who was living in exile in Rome, and is best remembered today for the li ...

; 10 January 1714 *Francesco Gasparini's '' Lucio Papirio''; opera (''dramma per musica'') in 3 acts; libretto by

Antonio Salvi Antonio Salvi (17 January 1664 – 21 May 1724) was an Italian physician, court poet and librettist, active mainly in Florence, Italy. He was in the service of the grand-ducal court of Tuscany and the favourite librettist of Prince Ferdinando de ...

; 27 January 1714 *Alessandro Scarlatti's '' Telemaco''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece; Carnival season, 1718 *Alessandro Scarlatti's ''Talor per suo diletto''; cantata, 28 April 1718, *Alessandro Scarlatti's ''Su la sponda fiorita di limpido ruscello''; cantata; 20 August 1718 *Alessandro Scarlatti's ''Marco Attilio Regolo''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by

; Carnival season, 1719 *Alessandro Scarlatti's ''La gloriosa gara tra la Santità e la Sapienza''; oratorio; 13 June 1720 *Alessandro Scarlatti's ''Matilde, alma mia, se udiste mai''; cantata; 3 July 1720 *Alessandro Scarlatti's ''Benedicta et venerabilis es''; motet for 4 voices and strings; 4 July 1720 *Alessandro Scarlatti's ''Regie soglie, alte moli''; cantata; 18 October 1720 *Alessandro Scarlatti's ''Non più contrasti, no''; cantata; 6 October 1721 *Alessandro Scarlatti's ''Dolce sonno, oblio dei malicantata''; cantata; 16 November 1721 *Alessandro Scarlatti's '' Griselda''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Francesco Maria Ruspoli; January, 1721 * Giuseppe Maria Orlandini's ''Nino''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Ippolito Zanelli; 7 January 1722 * Benedetto Micheli's ''Oreste''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Giovanni Gualberto Barlocci; 28 December 1722 * Antonio Vivaldi's ''

Ercole su'l Termodonte ''Ercole su'l Termodonte'' (; ''Hercules in Thermodon'') is a baroque Italian opera in three acts. In 1723, it became the sixteenth opera set to music by Antonio Vivaldi. Its catalogue number is RV 710. The libretto was written by Antonio Salvi ...

''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Giacomo Francesco Bussani; 23 January 1723 * Tommaso Redi's ''In passioni Domini''; cantata; 23 March 1723 *Antonio Vivaldi's '' Giustino''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by

Nicolò Beregan Count Nicolò Beregan (also ''Berengani'' and ''Bergani''; 1627-1713) was an Italian nobleman, lawyer and amateur opera librettist. His ''Giustino'' was first set to music in 1683 by composer Giovanni Legrenzi for '' Il Giustino'', and later reused ...

; Carnival season, 1724 *

Leonardo Leo Leonardo Leo (5 August 1694 – 31 October 1744), more correctly Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, was a Baroque composer. Biography Leo was born in San Vito degli Schiavoni (currently known as San Vito dei Normanni, province of Brindisi) in ...

's ''Il trionfo di Camilla, regina dei Volsci''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by

Silvio Stampiglia Silvio Stampiglia (14 March 1664 – 27 January 1725) was an Italian poet, librettist, and founder member of the Accademia dell'Arcadia under the pen name of Palemone Licurio. Numerous Italian composer set his libretti to music, particularly Carlo ...

; 8 January 1726 *

Tomaso Albinoni Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (8 June 1671 – 17 January 1751) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. His output includes operas, concertos, sonatas for one to six instruments, sinfonias, and solo cantatas. While famous in his day as an opera comp ...

's ''

La Statira ''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 in Rome during the Carnival season of 1726. The plot co ...

''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Apostolo Zeno and

Pietro Pariati Pietro Pariati ( Reggio Emilia, 27 March 1665- Vienna, 14 October 1733) was an Italian poet and librettist. He was initially secretary to Rinaldo d'Este (1655–1737), Duke of Modena.Xavier de Courville -''Un artisan de la rénovation théàtral av ...

; Carnival season, 1726 *Tommaso Albinoni's ''Malsazio e Fiammetta'' opera (

intermezzo In music, an intermezzo (, , plural form: intermezzi), in the most general sense, is a composition which fits between other musical or dramatic entities, such as acts of a play or movements of a larger musical work. In music history, the term ha ...

); libretto anonymous; (premiered with ''La Statira'') Carnival season, 1726 *

Giovanni Battista Costanzi Giovanni Battista Costanzi (1704-1778) was an Italian composer and cellist. He succeeded Stefano Fabri as ''maestro di cappella'' of the Cappella Giulia at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Also known as teacher of Luigi Boccherini Ridolfo Luigi B ...

's ''L'amor generoso''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Giuseppe Polvini after Apostolo Zeno; 7 January 1727 *Leonardo Leo's ''Il Cid''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Giovanni Giacomo Alborghetti, 10 February 1727 * Riccardo Broschi's ''L'isola di Alcina''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Antonio Fanzaglia; 31 January 1728 * Giovanni Fischietti's ''La costanza''; opera (commedia per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Bernardo Saddumene; 7 February 1729 *

Nicola Porpora Nicola (or Niccolò) Antonio Porpora (17 August 16863 March 1768) was an Italian composer and teacher of singing of the Baroque music, Baroque era, whose most famous singing students were the castrati Farinelli and Caffarelli (castrato), Caffarel ...

's ''Mitridate'' (2° version); opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Filippo Vanstryp; 7 January 1730 *

Michele Caballone Michele Gabellone (also spelled Cabalone, Caballone, Cabelone, Cabellone, Gabbalone) (November 1692, in Naples – 19 January 1740, in Naples) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. Operas *''La Cantarina'' (3 Acts, commedia per musi ...

's ''Adone re di Cipro''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Filippo Vanstryp; 8 December 1730 *

Geminiano Giacomelli Geminiano Giacomelli (sometimes Jacomelli) (28 May 1692 – 25 January 1740) was an Italian composer. Biography Giacomelli was born in Piacenza. In 1724 he was named to the post of ''Kapellmeister'' to the duke of Parma. Beginning with the fir ...

's ''Annibale''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Filippo Vanstrypp; 27 January 1731 *

Johann Adolph Hasse Johann Adolph Hasse (baptised 25 March 1699 – 16 December 1783) was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a co ...

's ''Cajo Fabricio''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Filippo Vanstryp; 12 January 1732 *

Giuseppe Scarlatti Giuseppe Scarlatti (1718 or 18 June 1723, Naples – 17 August 1777, Vienna) was a composer of ''opere serie'' and ''opere buffe''. He worked in Rome from 1739 to 1741, and from 1752 to 1754 in Florence, Pisa, Lucca and Turin. From 1752 to ...

's ''La Santissima Vergine Annunziata''; oratorio; 12 March 1739 *Giuseppe Scarlatti's ''Merope''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Apostolo Zeno; 23 January 1740 *

Giuseppe Sellitto Giuseppe Sellitto or Sellitti (Naples, 1700-1777) was an Italian opera composer. He is remembered for his Egyptian opera ''Nitocri'', and intermezzi including ''Il Cinese rimpatriato'' and ''La Franchezza delle donne''.Gordana Lazarevich ''The Role ...

's ''Sesostri, re d'Egitto'' opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Pietro Pariati after Apostolo Zeno; 2 January 1742 * Giuseppe Arena and Giuseppe Sellitto's ''Farnace'', opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Antonio Maria Lucchini; 23 January 1742 * Nicola Conti's ''Berenice''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Bartolomeo Vitturi; 7 January 1743 * Rinaldo di Capua's ''Turno Heredonio Aricino''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Silvio Stampiglia after

Metastasio Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (3 January 1698 – 12 April 1782), better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio (), was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of ''opera seria'' libretti. Early life Me ...

; 11 December 1743 *

Baldassarre Galuppi Baldassare Galuppi (18 October 17063 January 1785) was an Italian composer, born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Republic. He belonged to a generation of composers, including Johann Adolph Hasse, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, and C. ...

's ''Evergete''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Francesco Silvani and Giovanni Boldini; 2 January 1747 *

Gaetano Latilla __NOTOC__ Gaetano Latilla (12 January 1711 – 15 January 1788) was an Italian opera composer, the most important of the period immediately preceding Niccolò Piccinni (his nephew). Latilla was born in Bari, and studied at the Loreto Conservator ...

's ''Catone in Utica''; opera (

) in 3 acts; libretto by Metastasio; 30 January 1747 * Antonio Gaetano Pampani's ''Eurione''; opera ( opera seria) in 3 acts; libretto by Antonio Papi 8 January 1754 * Giuseppe Scolari's ''Cajo Fabricio''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Apostolo Zeno; 2 January 1755 *

's ''Tito Manlio''; opera (dramma per musica) in 3 acts; libretto by Gaetano Roccaforte; 22 January 1755 *

's ''La cantarina''; opera ( farsetta); libretto by

Carlo Goldoni Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: * Carlo (name) * Monte Carlo * Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince ...

; 26 February 1756 *

Antonio Sacchini Antonio Maria Gasparo Gioacchino Sacchini (14 June 1730 – 6 October 1786) was an Italian composer, best known for his operas. Sacchini was born in Florence, but raised in Naples, where he received his musical education. He made a name for him ...

and

Giacomo Insanguine Giacomo Antonio Francesco Paolo Michele Insanguine (also called ''Giacomo Monopoli'' after his birthplace Monopoli; 22 March 1728 – 1 February 1795) was an Italian composer, organist, and music educator. He was the last director (primo maestr ...

's ''Il monte Testaccio''; opera (intermezzi); libretto by Carlo Goldoni; (performed with Goldoni's play ''La moglie saggia'') 8 January 1760 *

's ''Pamela maritata''; play (prose comedy) in 3 acts; February 1760 *Antonio Sacchini's ''La vendemmia''; opera (intermezzo); libretto by Carlo Goldoni; 2 February 1760 *

Niccolò Piccinni Niccolò Piccinni (; 16 January 1728 – 7 May 1800) was an Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera. Although he is somewhat obscure today, Piccinni was one of the most popular composers of opera—particularly th ...

's ''Il barone di Torreforte''; opera (intermezzo farsetta) in 2 acts; libretto anonymous; 10 January 1765 * Niccolò Piccinni's ''La pescatrice ovvero L'erede riconosciuta''; opera (intermezzo farsetta) in 2 acts; libretto by Carlo Goldoni; 9 January 1766 *Niccolò Piccinni's ''La baronessa di Montecupo''; opera (intermezzo farsetta); libretto anonymous; 27 January 1766 *Niccolò Piccinni's ''La donna di spirito''; opera (commedia in musica in 3 acts; libretto by Marcello Bernardini after Goldoni; 13 February 1770 * Alessandro Felici's ''La donna di spirito''; opera (farsetta) in 1 act, libretto by Marcello Bernardini; (premiered with Piccinni's ''La donna di spirito'') 13 February 1770 *

Giovanni Paisiello Giovanni Paisiello (or Paesiello; 9 May 1740 – 5 June 1816) was an Italian composer of the Classical era, and was the most popular opera composer of the late 1700s. His operatic style influenced Mozart and Rossini. Life Paisiello was born in T ...

's ''Semiramide in villa''; opera (intermezzo) in 2 acts; libretto anonymous (parody of

's ''Semiramide riconosciuta''); Carnival season, 1772Robinson *

Giuseppe Gazzaniga Giuseppe Gazzaniga (5 October 1743 – 1 February 1818) was a member of the Neapolitan school of opera composers. He composed fifty-one operas and is considered to be one of the last Italian opera buffa composers. Biography Born in Verona, G ...

's ''La finta folletto o Lo spirito folletto''; opera (opera buffa) in 2 acts; libretto anonymous; 29 December 1778 * Gaetano Monti's ''La contadina accorta'' opera (intermezzo) in 2 acts; 4 January 1781 * Angelo Tarchi's ''Le cose d'oggi giorno divise in trenta tomi, tomo primo, parte prima''; opera (intermezzo); libretto anonymous; 26 December 1784 * Vincenzo Fabrizi's ''La sposa invisibile''; opera (farsetta); libretto anonymous; 20 February 1786 *Vincenzo Fabrizi's ''La nobiltà villana''; opera (opera buffa); libretto anonymous; 30 January 1787 *

Valentino Fioravanti Valentino Fioravanti (11 September 1764 – 16 June 1837) was a celebrated Italian composer of ''opera buffas''. Fioravanti was born in Rome. One of the best ''opera buffa'' composers between Domenico Cimarosa and Gioacchino Rossini, he wa ...

's ''Il fabbro parigino o sia La schiava fortunata''; opera (opera buffa) in 2 acts; libretto by Luigi Romanelli; 9 January 1789 *Valentino Fioravanti's ''La famiglia stravagante''; opera (opera buffa) in 2 acts; libretto by

Giuseppe Petrosellini Giuseppe Petrosellini (29 November 1727 – 1799) was an Italian poet and prolific librettist working primarily in the '' dramma giocoso'' and ''opera buffa'' genres. Petrosellini was born in Corneto, Papal State (now Tarquinia, Lazio) and spent ...

; 3 February 1792 *Valentino Fioravanti's ''La cantatrice bizarra''; opera (opera buffa) in 2 acts; libretto anonymous; 26 December 1795

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