Item #30090 Astartus an Opera as it was Perform'd at the Kings Theatre for the Royal Accademy. Giovanni BONONCINI.

Astartus an Opera as it was Perform'd at the Kings Theatre for the Royal Accademy

Bologna: Arnaldo Forni, [1984].

Octavo. Full red cloth with titling gilt to spine. 1f. (recto blank, verso series title), 1f. (recto title, verso blank), v-xxxv (introduction), [i] (blank), 1f. (recto reproduction title, verso blank), 1f. (recto reproduction contents and publisher's catalogue, verso blank), 81, [i] (blank), 1f. (recto colophon, verso blank) pp.

A facsimile of the London edition published by Walsh in 1721. Includes a scholarly commentary.

Astarto, a dramma per musica in three acts by Bononcini to a libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli after Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati ’s libretto of the same title (1708) was first performed in Rome at the Teatro Capranica in January of 1715 and later revised and performed in London at the King’s Theatre on 19 November 1720.

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