List of operas by Porpora

This is a complete list of the operas written by the Italian composer Nicola Porpora (1686–1768).

List

Title	Genre	Sub­divisions	Libretto	Première date	Place, theatre
Agrippina	opera seria	3 acts	GiuvoNicola Giuvo	1708-11-044 November 1708	Naples, Palazzo Reale
Flavio Anicio Olibrio	opera seria	3 acts	ZenoApostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati	1711-01-01January 1711	Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo
Basilio, re di Oriente	opera seria		Neriafter Giovanni Battista Neri	1713-06-2424 June 1713	Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini
Arianna e Teseo	opera seria		PariatiPietro Pariati	1714-00-001714	Vienna, Hof
Berenice regina d'Egitto, ovvero Le gare di amore	opera seria	3 acts	SalviAntonio Salvi	1718-03-00carnival 1718	Rome, Teatro Capranica
Temistocle	opera seria	3 acts	ZenoApostolo Zeno	1718-10-011 October 1718	Vienna, Hof
Faramondo	opera seria			1719-11-1919 November 1719	Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo
Angelica	serenata		Metastasio	1720-08-2828 August 1720	Naples, Palazzo del Principe di Torella
Eumene	opera seria		ZenoApostolo Zeno	1721-03-00carnival 1721	Rome, Teatro Alibert
ortiGli orti esperidi	serenata		Metastasio	1721-08-2828 August 1721	Naples, Palazzo Reale
Flavio Anicio Olibrio	opera seria	3 acts	ZenoApostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati	1722-03-00carnival 1722	Rome, Teatro Alibert
Adelaide	opera seria		SalviAntonio Salvi	1723-03-00carnival 1723	Rome, Teatro Alibert
Amare per regnare	opera seria		Passariniafter Francesco Passarini's Amore e fortunata	1723-12-1212 December 1723	Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo
Imeneo	componimento drammatico	2 acts	StampigliaSilvio Stampiglia	1723-99-991723	Naples
Semiramide regina dell'Assiria	opera seria	3 acts	Zanelliafter Ippolito Zanelli's Nino	1724-03-00spring 1724	Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo
Damiro e Pitia	opera seria		LalliDomenico Lalli	1724-10-1212 October 1724	Munich
Siface	opera seria	3 acts	Metastasio	1725-03-00carnival 1725	Milan, Ducale
Didone abbandonata	opera seria	3 acts	Metastasio	1725-05-00Ascension 1725	Reggio Emilia, Pubblico
veritaLa verita nell'inganno	opera seria	3 acts	SilvaniFrancesco Silvani	1726-03-90carnival 1726	Milan, Regio Ducal
Meride e Selinunte	opera seria	3 acts	ZenoApostolo Zeno	1726-03-91carnival 1726	Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Cristostomo
Siroe, re di Persia	opera seria	3 acts	Metastasio	1727-02-00February 1727	Rome, Teatro delle Dame
Arianna e Teseo (revised)	opera seria	3 acts	PariatiPietro Pariati	1727-09-00autumn 1727	Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Cristostomo
Ezio	opera seria	3 acts	Metastasio? and Domenico Lalli	1728-11-2020 November 1728	Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Cristostomo
Semiramide riconosciuta	opera seria	3 acts	Metastasio, revised by Domenico Lalli?	1729-03-00carnival 1729, 20 January 1739	Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Cristostomo, revised for Naples, Teatro di San Carlo
Ermenegilda	opera seria			1729-90-001729	Naples
Mitridate	opera seria	3 acts	ZenoApostolo Zeno and Filippo Vanstryp	1730-03-90carnival 1730	Rome, Teatro Capranica
Tamerlano	opera seria	3 acts	PioveneAgostino Piovene	1730-03-91carnival 1730	Turin, Regio
Poro	opera seria	3 acts	Metastasioafter Metastasio's Alessandro nell'Indie	1731-03-00carnival 1731	Turin, Regio
Annibale	opera seria	3 acts	VanstrypFilippo Vanstryp	1731-09-00autumn 1731	Venice, San Angelo
Germanico in Germania	opera seria	3 acts	ColuzziNicola Coluzzi	1732-02-01February 1732	Rome, Teatro Capranica
Issipile	opera seria	3 acts	Metastasio	1731-03-00carnival 1733	Rome, Rucellai
Arianna in Nasso	opera seria	3 acts	RolliPaolo Antonio Rolli	1733-12-2929 December 1733	London, Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Enia nel Lazio	opera seria	3 acts	RolliPaolo Antonio Rolli	1734-05-1111 May 1734	London, Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Polifemo	opera seria	3 acts	RolliPaolo Antonio Rolli	1735-02-011 February 1735	London, King's Theatre
Ifigenia in Aulide	opera seria	3 acts	RolliPaolo Antonio Rolli, after Apostolo Zeno	1735-05-033 May 1735	London, King's Theatre
Mitridate	opera seria	3 acts	GavradoGavrado da Gavrado (Colley Cibber)	1736-01-2424 January 1736	London, King's Theatre
festaLa festa d'Imeneo	componimento drammatico		RolliPaolo Antonio Rolli	1736-05-044 May 1736	London, King's Theatre
Lucio Papirio	opera seria	3 acts	SalviAntonio Salvi, revised by Giovanni Boldoni	1737-03-00carnival 1737	Venice, San Cassiano
Rosbale	opera seria	3 acts	Stampaafter Claudio Nicola Stampa's Eumene	1737-09-00autumn 1737	Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Cristostomo
Carlo il Calvo	opera seria	3 acts	anonymous	1738-03-00spring 1738	Rome, Teatro delle Dame
baroneIl barone di Zampano	opera buffa		TrincheraPietro Trinchera	1739-03-00spring 1739	Naples, Teatro Nuovo
amicoL'amico fedele	opera buffa		PietroGiuseppe di Pietro	1739-09-00autumn 1739	Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini
Intermezzo for the marriage of the Infante D Filippo				1739-90-001739	Madrid
trionfo di camilla1Il trionfo di Camilla	opera seria		StampigliaSilvio Stampiglia	1740-01-2020 January 1740	Naples, Teatro San Carlo
Tiridate	opera seria	3 acts	Metastasioafter Metastasio's Zenobia	1740-12-1919 December 1740	Naples, Teatro San Carlo
trionfo del valoreIl trionfo del valore	comedia per musica		PolombaAntonio Polomba	1741-12-00winter 1741	Naples, Teatro Nuovo
Giascone	serenata?			1742-00-001742	Naples
Statira	opera seria	3 acts	SilvaniFrancesco Silvani	1742-03-00carnival 1742	Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Cristostomo
Partenope	opera seria			1742-90-011742	Naples
RosmeneLa Rosmene	opera seria	3 acts		1742-90-021742	Vienna
Temistocle	opera seria	3 acts	Metastasio	1743-02-2222 February 1743	London, Haymarket Theatre
nozzeLe nozze d'Ercole e d'Ebe	opera seria			1744-03-00carnival 1744	Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Cristostomo
Filandro-Philander	opera seria	3 acts	Cassaniafter Vincenzo Cassani's L'incostanza schernita	1747-07-1818 July 1747	Dresden, Hof
trionfo di camilla2 Il trionfo di Camilla (second version)	opera seria		StampigliaSilvio Stampiglia, revised by Giovanni Battista Lorenzi	1760-05-3030 May 1760	Naples, Teatro San Carlo

References

Sources

• Monson, Dale E (1992), 'Porpora, Nicola' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7