More than 60
baroque and
classical composers used the libretto for their own settings. The first composer to reuse the libretto was
Antonio Vivaldi in Venice in 1734. This was followed by
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's famous version in 1735. Although Pergolesi's initial setting for Rome was not immediately successful, the number of subsequent stagings and extant manuscripts have particularly associated his name with this drama. In 1748
Baldassare Galuppi's version premiered to resounding success in
Milan and the opera is now regarded as his most successful
opera seria. In 1765
Thomas Arne, who "still nursed the hope of achieving success in Italian opera", persuaded the directors of
The King's Theatre in
London to produce his own setting of the opera, which turned out however to be a complete failure. The libretto was also the source for one of
Josef Mysliveček's finest dramatic works (1778, Naples). and a popular success for
Antonio Sacchini in Padua 1763.
Johann Nepomuk Poissl's
Der Wettkampf zu Olympia, oder Die Freunde (1815) was the first German-language setting and his version enjoyed occasional revivals during the nineteenth century.
Mozart set Cleisthenes' last aria twice, first for
Aloysia Weber (KV. 294) and latter for a subscription concert by
Ludwig Fischer (K 512). Beethoven set the duet "Ne' giorni tuoi felici" for tenor, soprano and orchestra in 1802 – 1803 (WoO 93).
List of notable settings The following is a list of the most notable operas that subsequently utilized Metastasio's libretto in chronological order of first performance: •
Antonio Caldara, ''L'Olimpiade'',
Vienna, 1733 •
Antonio Vivaldi, ''
L'Olimpiade'',
Venice,
Teatro Sant'Angelo, 1734 •
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, ''
L'Olimpiade'',
Rome, 1735 •
Leonardo Leo, ''L'Olimpiade'',
Naples, 1737 •
Baldassare Galuppi, ''
L'Olimpiade'',
Milan, 1748 •
Davide Perez, ''L'Olimpiade'',
Lisbon, 1753 •
Johann Adolf Hasse, ''L'Olimpiade'',
Dresden, 1756 •
Tommaso Traetta, ''L'Olimpiade'',
Verona, 1758 •
Niccolò Jommelli, ''L'Olimpiade'',
Stuttgart, 1761 •
Niccolò Piccinni, ''L'Olimpiade'', Rome, 1761 •
Vincenzo Manfredini, ''L'Olimpiade'',
Moscow, 1762 •
Antonio Sacchini, ''L'Olimpiade'',
Padua, 1763 •
Florian Leopold Gassmann, ''L'Olimpiade'',
Vienna, 1764 •
Thomas Arne, ''L'Olimpiade'', London, 1765 •
Giuseppe Sarti, ''L'Olimpiade'',
Florence, 1778 •
Josef Mysliveček, ''
L'Olimpiade'', Naples, Teatro San Carlo, 4 November 1778 •
Luigi Cherubini, ''L'Olimpiade'',
Venice, 1783 •
Domenico Cimarosa, '''',
Vicenza, 10 July 1784 •
Giovanni Paisiello, ''L'Olimpiade'', Naples, Teatro San Carlo, 20 January 1786 •
Johann Friedrich Reichardt, ''L'Olimpiade'', Berlin, Kgl, 2 Oct 1791 •
Gaetano Donizetti, ''L'Olimpiade'', (1817, duet alone) ==Recordings==