Il Vologeso is a 1766 opera by Niccolò Jommelli based on the libretto of the same name by Metastasio based on the story of the Parthian king Vologases IV. The opera was performed for the birthday, February 11, of Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, at the court theatre at Ludwigsburg, the Duke's residence near Stuttgart.[1][2][3]
- ^ Paul Edward Corneilson Opera at Mannheim, 1770-1778 1992 Page 169
- ^ Stanley Sadie - Wolfgang Amadè Mozart: Essays on His Life and His Music 1996 - - Page 456
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Jommelli took quite different approaches in his two quartets: the first in Vologeso on a Verazi text for Ludwigsburg (1766), the second in Ezio on a Martinelli text for Lisbon (1772). During the Vologeso quartet, the two adversaries depart, leaving the lovers to sing a sizable duet (Fig. 23.8). The quartet portion is all that need concern us here. This is the first quartet to depart from the procedure of beginning with long solos; the entire quartet is a reaction of surprise, which turns to anger.
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Ombra: Supernatural Music in the Eighteenth Century -2012 Page 146
0739169734 Jommelli: Vologeso. One of Jommelli's mature operas with a striking ghost scene is Vologeso (1766). The familiar scenario of a distressed heroine encountering a vision of her supposedly dead husband is explored once more, ...