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Cajo Mario is an opera seria in 3 acts by composer Niccolò Jommelli. The opera's Italian language libretto by Gaetano Roccaforte is based on Lucio Anneo Floro's Tito Livio e Plutarco. All of the parts are written for castrati. The work premiered on 6 February 1746 at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.[1]
| Role | Premiere Cast[1] Conductor: |
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| Cajo Mario | Litterio Ferrai |
| Marzia | Giuseppe Chiaramonte |
| Annio | Gioacchino Conti |
| Rodope | Giuseppe Casoni |
| Lucio | Domenico Giardini |
| Aquilio | Alessandro Veroni |