La Doriclea is a 1672 opera in three acts by Alessandro Stradella, first performed in Rome.
[5][6][7] According to Brian Robins, writing in the British magazine Opera, the libretto "is a brilliantly sardonic and sharply observed depiction of the vicissitudes and pleasures of love as seen through the joys and misadventures of three couples.
"[2] The first modern performance was on 8 May 2004 at the Fifth Festival Luci e Tintinnii at the Teatro dei Varii [it] in Colle di Val d'Elsa, a semi-staged production by the Alessandro Stradella Consort conducted by Estevan Velardi.
In 2017, a double ruling by the Civil Court of Rome awarded the rights to the Arcana company and conductor Andrea De Carlo.
[9] The latter conducted a semi-staged performance on 2 September 2017 in the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, as part of the Festival Barocco Alessandro Stradella, and recorded it immediately thereafter.