Astarto
Music by Giovanni Bononcini · libretto by Pietro Pariati · premiered 1715 · at Teatro Capranica
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.
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About the Composer
Giovanni Bononcini (or Buononcini) (18 July 1670 – 9 July 1747) (sometimes cited also as Giovanni Battista Bononcini) was an Italian Baroque composer, cellist, singer and teacher, one of a family of string players and composers. He was a rival to George Frederic Handel.
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Other Operas by Giovanni Bononcini
- Griselda (1701)