page_title: Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo
section_title: Premieres
hierarchical_section_title: Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo / Premieres
caption_attribution_description: English: Description: Frontispiece for the libretto of L' Alboino in Italia composed by Carlo Francesco Pollarolo. Libretto by Giulio Cesare Corradi (ca.1650-1702) Date of publication: 1691 Source: http://www.haendel.it/librettisti/front_libre.htm Note: the source wrongly attributes the composer as Albinoni
context_page_description: The Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo was a theatre and opera house in Venice located on the Calle della Testa, and takes its name from the nearby Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice. Built by the Grimani family in 1638, in its heyday it was considered the most beautiful and comfortable theatre in the city. The theatre played an important role in the development of opera and saw the premieres of several works by Francesco Cavalli, as well as Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria and L'incoronazione di Poppea.
context_section_description: Operas which had their first public performance at the theatre include:
  La Delia by Francesco Manelli (1639)
  Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria by Claudio Monteverdi (1640)
  L'incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi (carnival season 1642/43)
  Xerse by Francesco Cavalli (1654)
  Statira principessa di Persia by Francesco Cavalli (1655, possibly 1656)
  Scipione affricano by Francesco Cavalli  (1664)
  Il Tito by Antonio Cesti (1666)
  Totila by Giovanni Legrenzi (1677)
  La Gerusalemme liberata by Carlo Pallavicino (1687)
  L' Alboino in Italia by Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (1691)
  Zenobia, regina de' Palmireni by Tomaso Albinoni, (carnival season 1694)
  Marsia deluso by Francesco Pollarolo (1713)
caption: Libretto for L' Alboino in Italia which premiered at the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo in 1691.
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