immensly popular and productions soon were ammounted across Europe, making Caldara's opera one of the most frequently performed operas of the first half of the 18th century. Metastasio himself commented to Saverio Mattei that Lolimpiade had been "performed and repeated in all the theatres of Europe". Indeed, it ranks with Demofoonte and Didone abbandonata, dramas excelled in popularity only by Artaserse and Alessandro nellIndie. The popularity of Lolimpiade may subsequently have ...

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