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Tsefal i Prokris
Opera seria by Francesco Araja
Giuseppe Valeriani: Sketch of sets for the opera, 1755
Native title
Russian: Цефал и Прокрис
LibrettistAlexander Sumarokov
LanguageRussian
Based onMetamorphoses
by Ovid
Premiere
7 March 1755 (1755-03-07)
Zimniy Dvorets, St. Petersburg

Cephalus and Prokris (Russian: Цефал и ПрокрисTsefal i Prokris), is an opera seria in three acts by the Italian composer Francesco Araja. Dating to 1755, it was the first opera written in the Russian language.

Araja composed the opera to a Russian libretto by Alexander Sumarokov after the Metamorphoses of Ovid.

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