La clemenza di Tito

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La clemenza di Tito is an 18th-century opera seria libretto that became one of the most frequently set texts in the genre, inspiring numerous composers including Mozart.

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La clemenza di Tito canonical 3

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instanceOf 18th-century libretto ⓘ
opera seria libretto ⓘ
basedOn life of the Roman emperor Titus ⓘ
describedAs one of the most frequently set opera seria libretti ⓘ
featuresCharacter Annio ⓘ
Publio ⓘ
Servilia ⓘ
genre opera seria ⓘ
influenced late 18th-century opera seria repertoire ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
mainCharacter Sesto ⓘ
Titus ⓘ
Vitellia ⓘ
notableSettingBy Antonio Caldara ⓘ
Antonio Sacchini ⓘ
Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini ⓘ
Johann Adolf Hasse ⓘ
Johann Christian Bach ⓘ
Josef Mysliveček ⓘ
Niccolò Jommelli ⓘ
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ
period 18th century ⓘ
settingLocation ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
settingType opera in three acts ⓘ
theme clemency ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ
political loyalty ⓘ
usedAs source text for many opera settings ⓘ

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Pietro Metastasio → notableWork → La clemenza di Tito ⓘ
Estates Theatre → notableWorkPremiered → La clemenza di Tito ⓘ
Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi → notableWork → La clemenza di Tito ⓘ