Olimpiade

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"Olimpiade" is an 18th-century opera libretto by Italian poet and dramatist Pietro Metastasio, widely set to music by numerous composers and influential in the opera seria tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian-language libretto
opera libretto
opera seria libretto
author Pietro Metastasio NERFINISHED
basedOn ancient Greek Olympic Games
countryOfOrigin Italy
genre opera seria
hasCharacter Alcandro NERFINISHED
Aminta NERFINISHED
Argene NERFINISHED
Aristea NERFINISHED
Clistene NERFINISHED
Licida NERFINISHED
Megacle NERFINISHED
hasForm da capo arias
recitative and aria
hasMainTheme honor
identity
love
sacrifice
hasSetting Olympic Games venue
ancient Greece
hasStructure three acts
influenced opera seria tradition
language Italian
notableFor influence on later opera seria dramaturgy
widespread 18th-century musical settings
partOf Metastasian opera seria canon NERFINISHED
publicationCentury 18th century
widelySetToMusicBy Antonio Caldara NERFINISHED
Antonio Vivaldi NERFINISHED
Baldassare Galuppi NERFINISHED
Domenico Cimarosa NERFINISHED
Francesco Bianchi NERFINISHED
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi NERFINISHED
Giovanni Paisiello NERFINISHED
Giuseppe Gazzaniga NERFINISHED
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini NERFINISHED
Johann Adolf Hasse NERFINISHED
Johann Christian Bach NERFINISHED
Johann Gottlieb Naumann NERFINISHED
Josef Mysliveček NERFINISHED
Leonardo Leo NERFINISHED
Luigi Cherubini NERFINISHED
Marcos Portugal NERFINISHED
Niccolò Jommelli NERFINISHED
Pasquale Anfossi NERFINISHED
Tommaso Traetta NERFINISHED

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Pietro Metastasio notableWork Olimpiade