Eteocle e Polinice
Music by Giovanni Legrenzi · libretto by Tebaldo Fattorini · premiered 1674 · at Teatro Goldoni
Eteocle e Polinice (Eteocles and Polynices) is an opera in 3 acts composed by Giovanni Legrenzi with an Italian-language libretto by Tebaldo Fattorini based on The Thebaid. The opera premiered at the Teatro San Salvador in Venice on 13 December 1674.
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About the Composer
Giovanni Legrenzi (baptized August 12, 1626 – May 27, 1690) was an Italian composer of opera, vocal and instrumental music, and organist, of the Baroque era. He was one of the most prominent composers in Venice in the late 17th century, and extremely influential in the development of late Baroque idioms across northern Italy.
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Other Operas by Giovanni Legrenzi
- La divisione del mondo (1675)
- Giustino (1683)