Achille in Sciro (Sarro)

Achille in Sciro is an opera seria by composer Domenico Sarro.

The opera uses an Italian language libretto by Pietro Metastasio.

The work premiered at the inauguration of the theatre on 4 November 1737, Charles's name day.

The opera was not performed for more than 250 years until it was revived at the Festival della Valle d'Itria in 2007.

[1] The cast was as follows: Metastasio's libretto Achille in Sciro was first set by Antonio Caldara (1736, Vienna).