CESTI: L’Argia

CESTI: L’Argia 4 November. Innsbruck Text by A. Apolloni (dramma musicale). Prologue and 3 acts. Produced at Innsbruck in the presence of Queen Christina of Sweden , in honour of her conversion to Catholicism. Also given at Rome 1657 and 1661 (libretto published; produced?); Naples 1667; Venice, S. Salv. [13 January] 1669 (altered and without the prologue); Milan [20 February] 1669; Siena 1670 (first opera there); Genoa and Reggio 1671; Udine 1673. For an account of the Innsbruck production see…