Mozart marks "cello obligato" in Don Giovanni in Zerlina's aria Batti, batti, o bel Masetto.
Concerto Grosso No. 1 (Bloch) or Concerto Grosso for string orchestra with piano obbligato, a 1925 work by Ernest Bloch
In the original version of Vivaldi’s opera Tito Manlio (Mantua, 1719), Servilia’s aria ‘Tu dormi in tante pene’ also contains an obbligato part for viola d'amore written in scordatura notation.