Artaserse
Subtitle: drama per musica : pel Teatro di S. M. B.
Publisher: Printed by G. Woodfall, at the King's-Arms, Charing-Cross
Published: 1754
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; ita
Translated from: ita
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Operas; Librettos
Notes: Libretto for an opera in 3 acts.

Libretto by Pietro Metastasio; first performed in Venice at the Teatro S. Giovanni Grisostomo, February 1730; performed in London, 29 January 1754. Cf. Grove music online; Loewenberg.

"Dramatis personæ"--P. [4]; includes performers; lists Signora Passerini in title role.

"The musick by sig. Hasse"--P. [4].

Includes title vignette.

Not in Sonneck.

Last p. blank.

ESTC, T71128

Loewenberg, A.^^Annals of opera, col. 165

In Italian, with English translation on facing pages.

From the collection of John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward.

Written on t.p. in sepia ink: Metastasio.

Disbound; in prefab, 19 cm.