Camilla (Bononcini)

Camilla was an opera first performed at Drury Lane in London on 30 April 1706. The libretto was based on Il Trionfo di Camilla, regina de' Volsci by Silvio Stampiglia, translated into English verse by Owen Swiny, Peter Motteux, or others.[1][2]: 96  Authorship of the music for the original is attributed variously to Giovanni Bononcini and to his brother Marc Antonio.[3][4] Music for the London version was adapted by Nicola Haym.[5] The opera was the first to be sung in a mixture of English and Italian, and it was one of the first London operas in which the castrato Nicolò Grimaldi (known as Nicolini) performed.[4]

There were three separate productions of Camilla in London which together had 111 or 112 performances from 1706 to 1728, making it the most popular and successful work of its period, after The Beggar's Opera.[5][2]: 103 

  1. ^ James Anderson Winn (2014-06-03). Queen Anne: Patroness of Arts. Oxford University Press. pp. 707–. ISBN 978-0-19-937220-1.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SSK was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ George E. Dorris (2014-07-24). Paolo Rolli and the Italian Circle in London, 1715–1744. De Gruyter. pp. 301–. ISBN 978-3-11-156078-6.
  4. ^ a b Kidson, Frank (1922). The Beggar's Opera, its Predecessors and Successors. Cambridge University Press. p. 20. GGKEY:H45DGE9GARC.
  5. ^ a b Lindgren, Lowell. "Trionfo di Camilla, regina de' Volsci, Il ('The Triumph of Camilla, Queen of the Volscians')". oxfordmusiconline.com. Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O002344. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 15 December 2019.