Tsefal i Prokris | |
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Opera seria by Francesco Araja | |
Native title | Russian: Цефал и Прокрис |
Librettist | Alexander Sumarokov |
Language | Russian |
Based on | Metamorphoses by Ovid |
Premiere | 7 March 1755 Zimniy Dvorets, St. Petersburg |
Cephalus and Prokris (Russian: Цефал и Прокрис – Tsefal i Prokris), is an opera seria in three acts by the Italian composer Francesco Araja. Dating to 1755, it was the first opera written in the Russian language.
Araja composed the opera to a Russian libretto by Alexander Sumarokov after the Metamorphoses of Ovid.