| Polifemo | |
|---|---|
| opera seria by Nicola Porpora | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Polifemo_-_title_page_of_revised_libretto.jpg) English title page of the revised version of Nicola Porpora's opera Polifemo | |
| Translation | Polyphemus |
| Librettist | Paolo Rolli |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Metamorphoses by Ovid |
| Premiere | February 1, 1735 |
Polifemo is an opera in three acts by Nicola Porpora with a libretto by Paolo Rolli. The opera is based on a combination of two mythological stories involving the cyclops Polyphemus: His killing of Acis and his blinding by Ulysses.[1]
The last of five operas Porpora composed while residing in London, the opera premiered on 1 February 1735 at King's Theatre, and featured the famed castrato singers Farinelli and Senesino.[1][2] Polifemo was Porpora's second-most popular opera, after his Arianna in Nasso.[3]
- ^ a b Robinson & Markstrom 2001.
- ^ Dumigan 2014, p. 45. Robinson in Grove says it was Farinelli's London debut, but Dumigan points out that Farinelli's first London appearance with Opera of the Nobility had been in the pastiche Artaserse on 29 October 1734.
- ^ Dumigan 2014, p. 51.