Astarto (Bononcini)
Astarto is an opera in three acts by Giovanni Bononcini to a libretto by Paolo Rolli, after Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati. It was premiered in January 1715 in Rome at the Teatro Capranica, then revised for the King's Theatre, Haymarket, in London on 19 November 1720 with contralto castrato Senesino.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Paul Henry Lang, George Frideric Handel (2012) "Bononcini's success created a schism, though in the beginning it was among the Academy's patrons rather than between the ... The second season of the Academy opened at the Haymarket Theatre on November 19, 1720, with Bononcini's Astarto"
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Astarte, 19 November 1720". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
External links
[edit]- Astarto (Bononcini): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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