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Farnace, King of Pontus, has been defeated, and to avoid their falling into the hands of the enemy, he commands his wife, Tamiri, to kill their son and then herself. Tamiri's mother, Berenice, hates
Farnace and is in cahoots with Pompey, the Roman victor, to kill him. Selinda, Farnace's sister, is
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Aquilius, who falls in love with her, as does Berenice's Captain, Gilades. Selinda plays them off one another in an attempt to save her brother. Somehow, it ends happily and everyone is spared.
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received its debut in Madrid at the Royal
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658:Arsilda, regina di Ponto
626:Orlando furioso (RV 819)
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298:Victorious Roman soldier
221:Venice 10 February 1727
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785:Alvilda regina de' Goti
439:Federico Maria Sardelli
139:History of the libretto
111:, set to a libretto by
1013:for string orchestra (
730:Ercole su'l Termodonte
245:Maria Maddalena Pieri
160:Antonio Maria Lucchini
113:Antonio Maria Lucchini
63:Antonio Maria Lucchini
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1010:Concerto alla rustica
952:La stravaganza, Op. 4
840:L'oracolo in Messenia
391:Teatro de la Zarzuela
260:Anna Maddalena Giraud
1059:Lute Concerto, RV 93
714:La veritĂ in cimento
601:list of compositions
536:Macmillan Publishers
21:Farnace (MysliveÄŤek)
986:Le quattro stagioni
642:Nerone fatto Cesare
634:Orlando finto pazzo
483:, 10 February 1727"
425:– Mary-Ellen Nesi,
351:contralto castrato
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441:Dynamic 2CD
431:Sonia Prina
240:en travesti
1217:Categories
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792:Semiramide
690:Scanderbeg
674:Tieteberga
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423:Il Farnace
377:Recordings
318:contralto
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278:Berenice,
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59:Librettist
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722:La Silvia
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312:Selinda,
236:contralto
152:librettos
1182:Category
1001:La cetra
832:Griselda
808:Motezuma
770:Atenaide
738:Giustino
698:Teuzzone
528:(eds.).
361:Synopsis
336:castrato
326:Gilade,
296:Pompeo,
250:Tamiri,
189:for the
94:, Venice
77:Premiere
69:Language
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778:Argippo
754:Farnace
511:Sources
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401:Farnace
393:Madrid
383:Farnace
333:soprano
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