Lucio Silla
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Lucio Silla (Italian: [ˈluːtʃo ˈsilla]), K. 135, is an Italian opera seria in three acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of 16. The libretto was written by Giovanni de Gamerra, revised by Pietro Metastasio.
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Opera by W. A. Mozart | |
Librettist | Giovanni de Gamerra |
Language | Italian |
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It was first performed on 26 December 1772 at the Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan and was regarded as "a moderate success".[1]
Handel's opera Silla (1713) covered the same subject. Other operas with the same title were also composed by Leonardo Vinci (1723), Pasquale Anfossi (1774), and Johann Christian Bach (1776).