Catone in Utica

Catone in Utica (Italian pronunciation: [kaˈtoːne in ˈuːtika]; transl.

Following Vinci's success, Metastasio's text was used by numerous composers of the baroque and classical eras for their own operas, including Pietro Torri (1736), Antonio Vivaldi (1737), Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (1753) and J. C. Bach (1761).

Before Metastasio's Catone in Utica libretto, Cato the Younger had already been the subject of following operas:[1] Metastasio wrote Catone in Utica in Italian, as a libretto for an opera in three acts.

Vinci's opera was premiered at the Teatro delle Dame, Rome, during the carnival of 1727.

[1] The subject of the libretto is the death of Cato the Younger, set in Utica.