The subject of aprince dressing as a gardener to approach his beloved is dear to the European theatrical tradition: the model of Don Duardos by Gil Vicente (1562), reprinted in El rincipe viñador by Luis Vélez de Guevara (1668), is also used in French theatre, which proposes a variation in Le Prince déguisé by Georges de Scudery (1636), partly based on the novel Grisel y Mirabella by Juan de Flores (1524). This subject was later integrated into 17th century Italian theatre, starting with Venetian opera. This essay analyses in particular some works produced in Venice in the middle of the century, starting with Il prencipe giardiniero by Benedetto Ferrari (1644), whose subject anticipates first L’Oristeo (1651) by Giovanni Faustini and Francesco Cavalli, and Laurindo by Gio. Andrea Moniglia, written in 1657 and printed as Il principe giardiniere under the name of Giacinto Andrea Cicognini starting from 1664.
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Chapter Title
Armidoro, Oristeo e altri principi giardinieri sulle scene dell’opera veneziana nel Seicento
Authors
Nicola Badolato
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-150-1.19
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Publication Year
2020
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Book Title
Ricerche sul teatro classico spagnolo in Italia e oltralpe (secoli XVI-XVIII)
Editors
Fausta Antonucci, Salomé Vuelta García
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Number of Pages
510
Publication Year
2020
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© 2020 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-150-1
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-149-5
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-150-1
eISBN (epub)
978-88-5518-151-8
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919