Pelopida: A recently rediscovered opera by Girolamo Abos 2
Sun 25 Jan
|Teatru Manoel, Valletta
€10-€50 Girolamo Abos’s opera Pelopida, was originally commissioned and performed in Rome's Teatro Argentina in 1747. Arias, duos, and trios have been included in concert programmes over the years.
Time & Location
25 Jan 2026, 16:30 – 20:00
Teatru Manoel, Valletta, Old Theatre Street, Il-Belt Valletta, Malta
About the event
Pelopida A recently rediscovered opera by Girolamo Abos (1715 – 1760)
Synopsis
Festival Malta's new production of Pelopida marks the first revival of Girolamo Abos’s opera since its 1747 premiere at the Teatro Argentina in Rome, under the stage direction of Brett Nicholas Brown.
Ancient Greece will be reimagined as a contemporary sculpture museum, where
past and present collide and life and death battle for supremacy.
Exiled patriot Pelopida returns to Thebes to defend its liberty. King Creon, seeking reconciliation, decrees that the former tyrant Pisistratus be restored to the throne. Creon’s envoy Egisto brings this command before the Theban council, urging obedience.