Araja’s <i>Seleuco</i>: the opera manuscripts at the library of St. Petersburg Conservatory
The article is the first scholarly account of Francesco Araja’s opera Seleuco, which has been considered lost. Its manuscript score and parts survived at the Manuscript Department of the Research Library of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. The author offers an analysis of the manuscripts and discusses libretto attribution, as well as the process of composition and performance history of the opera in the 18th century.