Pyrrhus and Demetrius

Pyrrhus and Demetrius was a 1708 adaptation for the London stage of the 1694 opera Il Pirro e Demetrio by Alessandro Scarlatti with a libretto by Adriano Morselli, first performed at the Teatro San Bartolomeo.^[1]

Pyrrhus and Demetrius was the second most successful opera in early 18th century London, after Camilla. It had 58 or 59 performances between 1708 and 1717.^[2]^[3]^: 103 The opera marked the London debut of the castrato Nicolò Grimaldi (Nicolini).^[4]^[3]^: 99

^ Il Pirro e Demetrio. Bibliothèque Nationale. 1694. Retrieved 15 December 2019 – via data.bnf.fr.
^ Nicola Francesco Haym (2002-01-01). Complete sonata: Part 1. A-R Editions, Inc. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-89579-503-8.
^ ^a ^b Shirley Strum Kenny (1984). British Theatre and the Other Arts, 1660-1800. Associated University Presses. ISBN 978-0-918016-65-2.
^ James Anderson Winn (2014). Queen Anne: Patroness of Arts. Oxford University Press. p. 442. ISBN 978-0-19-937219-5.

[1] Il Pirro e Demetrio. Bibliothèque Nationale. 1694. Retrieved 15 December 2019 – via data.bnf.fr.

[NFH-2] Nicola Francesco Haym (2002-01-01). Complete sonata: Part 1. A-R Editions, Inc. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-89579-503-8.

[SSK-3] Shirley Strum Kenny (1984). British Theatre and the Other Arts, 1660-1800. Associated University Presses. ISBN 978-0-918016-65-2.

[QA-4] James Anderson Winn (2014). Queen Anne: Patroness of Arts. Oxford University Press. p. 442. ISBN 978-0-19-937219-5.

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