L'incoronazione di Dario (Perti)
L'incoronazione di Dario is an opera in three acts composed by Giacomo Antonio Perti to an Italian language libretto by Adriano Morselli. It was first performed on January 13, 1686, at the Teatro Malvezzi in Bologna. Morselli originally wrote the libretto for Domenico Freschi's opera Dario which premiered at the Teatro San Angelo in Venice in 1685. Other later uses of the libretto include Giuseppe Aldrovandini's 1705 L'incoronazione di Dario and Vivaldi's 1717 L'incoronazione di Dario.Roles
- Dario, claimant to the throne of King Cyrus
- Statira, daughter of King Cyrus
- Argene, daughter of King Cyrus
- Flora
- Alinda
- Arpago, claimant to the throne of King Cyrus
- Oronte, claimant to the throne of King Cyrus
- Ombra di Ciro, the ghost of King Cyrus
- Niceno, tutor to Statira and Argene
- Apollo
