Zenobia_(Albinoni)
Zenobia (Albinoni)
1694 opera by Tomaso Albinoni
Zenobia, regina de’ Palmireni (Zenobia, Queen of the Palmyrans) is an opera in three acts by Tomaso Albinoni with a libretto by Antonio Marchi.[1] It was Albinoni’s first opera, written when he was only 23, and was first performed at the 1694 carnival at the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. The work was popular and performances continued for several weeks.[2][3] Albinoni was also the first composer to write an opera on the theme of Zenobia.[4]