1600–69, Italian Priest and librettist Giulio Rospigliosi served the opera-loving Barberini pope Urban VIII. Urban’s family gave Rospigliosi a magnificent setting for his libretto for Il Sant’Alessio (1632) by Stefano Landi, which was performed at the opening of the opera house in the Barberini palace in 1632. Three more libretti in the next decade included Rossi’s Il palazzo incantato. ...
‘Saint Alexius’ Premiered: 1632, Rome Libretto by Giulio Rospigliosi Prologue The figure of Roma (Rome), surrounded by a chorus of slaves, dedicates the performance to the Prince of Polonia (Poland). Act I Eufemiano, a Roman senator and Alessio’s father, encounters Adrasto, a knight returning from war. While pleased to see Adrasto, Eufemiano mourns the disappearance ...
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with a religious opera, Il Sant’Alessio (‘Saint Alexius’), influenced by the oratorio and sacred Jesuit drama. The text was by one of Urban VIII’s close associates, Cardinal Giulio Rospigliosi, later Pope Clement IX. The music was by Stefano Landi (c. 1586–1639). Other operas followed and for a brief but significant period in the 1630s, Rome became the ...
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