Giasone's mythological characters and plots are typical of early Venetian opera.
This act includes a sommeil (sleep): a type of scene that had been established in Venetian opera.
Not a great deal is known about what 18th-century Venetian operas looked like.
She is an acknowledged expert on the operas of Handel and Vivaldi, and on Venetian opera.
He was the first historian of Venetian opera and wrote several librettos.
In keeping with the general character of Venetian opera, the work was written for a small band-around five string players and various continuo instruments.
This approximates to the normal forces employed in Venetian opera.
A new chronology of Venetian opera and related genres, 1660-1760 by Eleanor Selfridge-Field, pages 467, 483, and 506.
It is also the first Venetian opera for which a score survives to this day.
A new chronology of Venetian opera and related genres, 1660-1760.