| Lucio Silla | |
|---|---|
| Opera by W. A. Mozart | |
 The composer in 1777, by an unknown painter | |
| Librettist | Giovanni de Gamerra |
| Language | Italian |
| Premiere | 26 December 1772 Teatro Regio Ducale, Milan |
Lucio Silla (Italian: [ˈluːtʃo ˈsilla]), K. 135, is an Italian opera seria in three acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of 16. The libretto was written by Giovanni de Gamerra, revised by Pietro Metastasio.
It was first performed on 26 December 1772 at the Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan and was regarded as "a moderate success".[1]
Handel's opera Silla (1713) covered the same subject. Other operas with the same title were also composed by Leonardo Vinci (1723), Pasquale Anfossi (1774), and Johann Christian Bach (1776).
- ^ Holden 2001, pp. 600–601.