Paolo Antonio Rolli
Paolo Antonio Rolli (born June 13, 1687 in Rome , † March 20, 1765 in Todi ) was an Italian poet and librettist.
life and work
Rolli lived in London from 1716. He wrote libretti for operas by Porpora , Bononcini and Handel , for the latter, for example. B. Il Floridante , Scipione , Alessandro and Riccardo Primo . Later there was an argument between him and Handel. Nevertheless, he worked again for this in 1740 when he wrote the libretto for Deidamia . It is considered his best work and his only one that is not an adaptation of an earlier poetry of the respective subject .
In 1729 he was elected a member of the Royal Society .
swell
- Short biography in Italian
- Literature by and about Paolo Antonio Rolli in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Best, Terence: Deidamia , preface to the Halle Handel edition, Bärenreiter, Kassel 2001, pp. VI-IX
Web links
- Entry for Rolli, Paolo Antonio (1687-1765) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rolli, Paolo Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian poet and librettist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1687 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1765 |
| Place of death | Todi |