La divisione del mondo (The Division of the World) is an opera in 3 acts by composer Giovanni Legrenzi.

The goddess Venus provides the central conflict of the opera through a series of moral temptations which lead all of the other gods, with the exception of Saturn, into debauchery.

[4] Part of the work's success was due to the elaborate and expensive sets, machinery, and special effects employed at its premiere.

[2] In 2000 La divisione del mondo had its first modern revival at the Schwetzingen Festival using a performance score prepared by musicologist Thomas Hengelbrock.

[5] The production was directed by Philippe Arlaud and starred Sonora Vaice [lv] as Venus, Kobie van Rensburg as Jupiter, Gabriele Sima as Juno, Simone Kermes as Cinzia, Matthias Rexroth in Apollo, Ilana Davidson as Cupid, Bernhard Landauer as Mercury, Hilary Summers as Mars, James Taylor as Neptune, Wolf Matthias Friedrich as Pluto, and Petteri Salomaa as Saturn.