Original id:
11952
Start date:
1 January 1641
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Adaptation
Production notes:
Opera. Lament for Hecuba.
Media of production:
Opera, musical and related genres
Script | Author(s) |
---|---|
Aeneid | Virgil |
Metamorphoses | Ovid |
Posthomerica | Quintus Smyrnaeus AKA Quintus of Smyrna |
Person | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|
Giovanni Francesco Busenello (1598-1659) | Librettist | |
Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676) | Composer |
Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Teatro San Cassiano (Venice, Veneto, Italy) |
Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
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Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s. Vol.2 | Book | library | 1050 | Kerman 1988, p. 45 / Bianconi 1987, p. 187 |
La Didone (1641), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/11952 <15 January 2025>