Demetrio (1779)

Demetrio is an eighteenth-century Italian opera in 3 acts by the Czech composer Josef Mysliveček.

For a performance in the 1770s, it would only be expected that a libretto of such age would be abbreviated and altered to suit contemporary operatic taste.

It was only a modest success, however, and its run was interrupted by an eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius.

The cast was not particularly distinguished for a production at the San Carlo, but it did include the castrato Domenico Bedini, who would later appear in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera La clemenza di Tito in Prague in 1791.

Complete score in manuscript available for viewing and downloading at http://www.internetculturale.it (Subcategory: Digital Contents)