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Griselda
is an
opera seria
in three acts by the Italian composer
Alessandro Scarlatti
. First performed in 1721, it is based on the story of
Patient Griselda
from
Giovanni Boccaccio
's
Decameron
. The
libretto
is by
Apostolo Zeno
, with revisions by an anonymous author. This manuscript copy by Scarlatti, held at the
British Library
, is of act one, scene one.
Manuscript:
Alessandro Scarlatti
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