Xerxes
Opera in three acts
Libretto
Giovanni Bononcini, Silvio Stampiglia
Premiere
15 April 1738, London (King's Theatre, Haymarket)
Cast
SERSE (soprano)
ARSAMENE (soprano)
AMASTRE (contralto)
ARIODATE (bass)
ROMILDA (soprano)
ATALANTA (soprano)
ELVIRO (basso)
CHORUS
Soldiers, sailors, politicans, priests
Place
Persia
Time
480 BC