Before there was Gluck the reformer, there was Gluck the opera seria composer.
224. Ezio (Gluck)
Tag: Pietro Metastasio
223. Siroe re di Persia (Hasse)
Vocal virtuosity from the favourite opera composer of the mid-18th century.
190. Semiramide riconosciuta (Meyerbeer)
Meyerbeer in Italy, with a libretto by Metastasio: a convoluted whirl of transvestism, disguise, and attempted poisonings in Babylon.
The Opera Scribe 