page_title: Adriano in Siria
section_title: Roles
hierarchical_section_title: Adriano in Siria / Roles
context_page_description: Adriano in Siria is a libretto by Italian poet Metastasio first performed, with music by Antonio Caldara, in Vienna in 1732, and turned into an opera by at least 60 other composers during the next century. Metastasio based the background of the story on late Classical works by Cassius Dio and Elio Sparziano.
  The aria Che fa il mio bene? also known as L'amante impaziente, sung by the character Emirena, was set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven in his Opus 82: 4 Arietten und ein Duett.
context_section_description: Adriano: governor of Syria, in love with Emirena
  Emirena: prisoner of Adriano, in love with Farnaspe
  Farnaspe: friend of Osroa and prince of the Parths, in love with and betrothed to Emirena
  Osroa: King of the Parthian Empire, father of Emirena
  Sabina: in love with and betrothed to Adriano
  Aquilio: tribune, friend of Adriano and secretly in love with Sabina
caption: Parthian Empire
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