| Griselda | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Antonio Maria Bononcini | |
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| Librettist | Apostolo Zeno |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Boccaccio's The Decameron (X, 10, "The Patient Griselda") |
| Premiere | 19 January 1718 Teatro Regio Ducale, Milan |
Griselda is an opera (dramma per musica) in three acts composed by Antonio Maria Bononcini. The opera uses a slightly revised version of the 1701 Italian libretto by Apostolo Zeno that was based on Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron (X, 10, "The Patient Griselda").[1] The opera was dedicated to Prince Maximilian Karl von Löwenstein, the Austrian governor of Milan, who died during the opera's world première on 26 December 1718 at the Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan. Nevertheless, Bononcini's opera was well received and enjoyed several revivals during the eighteenth century.[2]
His brother, Giovanni Bononcini, wrote an even more popular version of his own to Zeno's libretto in 1722.[2]
- ^ The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, by John Warrack and Ewan West (1992), 782 pages, ISBN 0-19-869164-5
- ^ a b Boyd, Malcolm; Lindgren, Lowell (2002). "Griselda(i)". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O901973.(subscription required)