Buovo d'Antona (Traetta)

Buovo d'Antona is an Italian-language dramma giocoso opera in three acts by Tommaso Traetta, on a libretto by Carlo Goldoni based on the Bevis of Hampton chivalric tale, which premiered at the Teatro San Moisè, Venice on 27 December 1758.^[1] The opera was well received and staged in Bologna, Turin, Verona, Palma, Barcelona, Seville and finally Dresden in 1772.^[2] Antonio Zatta's Venetian edition of Goldoni's plays (1788–95) gives "1750" as the date for a Florence premiere of the opera, but this is now thought to be a mistake.^[3]

^ Willem Pieter Gerritsen, Anthony G. Van Melle A Dictionary of Medieval Heroes: Characters in Medieval Narrative 0851157807 - 2000 " Tomasso Traetta's opera Buovo d'Antona, to a libretto by Carlo Goldoni, was premiered in Venice in 1758. "
^ Essay by Denis Morrier in booklet to 1993 recording
^ Annals of Opera, 1597-1940 1955 Page 1763 "In the Zatta edition of Goldoni's plays it is stated (Vol. xli, 1794) that Buovo d'Antona was first produced at Florence in 1750 (without mentioning a composer). Consequently, the date of 1750 (sometimes misprinted as 1756) for the production of for the production of Traetta's opera has been taken over by Florimo, Wotquenne, Dent and many others. But as long as a (possibly misprinted) date, given so many years after the vogue of the opera was over, remains the only evidence for a production in 1750, it seems to be safer to adopt the date of the earliest extant libretto, it seems to be safer to adopt the date of the earliest extant libretto (which mentions Traetta as the composer)...."

[1] Willem Pieter Gerritsen, Anthony G. Van Melle A Dictionary of Medieval Heroes: Characters in Medieval Narrative 0851157807 - 2000 " Tomasso Traetta's opera Buovo d'Antona, to a libretto by Carlo Goldoni, was premiered in Venice in 1758. "

[2] Essay by Denis Morrier in booklet to 1993 recording

[3] Annals of Opera, 1597-1940 1955 Page 1763 "In the Zatta edition of Goldoni's plays it is stated (Vol. xli, 1794) that Buovo d'Antona was first produced at Florence in 1750 (without mentioning a composer). Consequently, the date of 1750 (sometimes misprinted as 1756) for the production of for the production of Traetta's opera has been taken over by Florimo, Wotquenne, Dent and many others. But as long as a (possibly misprinted) date, given so many years after the vogue of the opera was over, remains the only evidence for a production in 1750, it seems to be safer to adopt the date of the earliest extant libretto, it seems to be safer to adopt the date of the earliest extant libretto (which mentions Traetta as the composer)...."

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