Farnace

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Farnace is a Baroque opera, or rather two Baroque operas, to the same libretto by Antonio Maria Lucchini.

The first Farnace was composed by the Italian master Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741). It received its initial performance in 1727 at the San Angelo theater in Venice. Popular at the time, Vivaldi's Farnace slipped into oblivion until the last quarter of the 20th century when it emerged from obscurity.

The second Farnace was composed by Francesco Corselli (1705-1778) (who was born in France as Francois Courcelle). Corselli's Farnace received its debut in Madrid at the Royal Theater of the Buen Retiro in 1739. It slipped into oblivion and has generally remained there. Vivaldi's Farnace is now far and away the better known of the two Farnaces.

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