La_Circe_(Ziani)

<i>La Circe</i> (Ziani)

La Circe (Ziani)

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La Circe is a 1665 opera by Pietro Andrea Ziani to a libretto by Cristoforo Ivanovich (1620–1689) based on the Greek legends about the sorceress Circe. It was first performed on 9 June 1665 in the Neue Favorita open air theatre in the Laxenburg castles for the 25th birthday of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I.[1] It was revived for the first time since 1665[2] by Ars Minerva in San Francisco in 2017.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Casaglia, Gherardo (2005)."La Circe, 9 June 1665". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  2. [2]
    "Jonathan Smucker", profile, San Jose State University
  3. [3]
    "La Circe | San Francisco Classical Voice". Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
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