Music by Stefano Landi, libretto by Giulio Rospigliosi. Cf. Grove music online., Opera performed at the Palazzo della Cancelleria during the Carnival in Rome, 1634, honoring the visit of Prince Alexander Charles of Poland., and Set design is often falsely attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini; Pietro da Cortona contributed to the set design. Cf. Art Bulletin 46:4 (Dec. 1964) p. 569, fn 3.
Alternative Title:
Sant'Alessio
Description:
Cf. RISM L534., Engraved plates representing opera decors; each signed "J.B. [i.e. J.L. Bernini]; J. Collignon, sculp.", Extra illustrated copy with additional set of engravings (without the proscenium arches). No. 3 of 3 titles bound together., MUS : Gift of the Friends of Music and The Library Associates, 1953., Music by Stefano Landi, libretto by Giulio Rospigliosi. Cf. Grove music online., Opera performed at thePalazzo della Cancelleria during the Carnival in Rome, 1634, honoring the visit of Prince Alexander Charles of Poland., Set design is often falsely attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini; Pietro da Cortona contributed to the set design. Cf. Art Bulletin 46:4 (Dec. 1964) p. 569, fn 3., and T.p. with engraved coat of arms of Cardinal Barberino.
Publisher:
Appresso Paolo Masotti,
Subject (Name):
Alexius,--Saint., Barberini, Francesco, 1597-1679., Clement IX, Pope, 1600-1669., Collignon, François, 1609?-1657., Friends of Music at Yale University Gift, 1953., Library Associates--Gift, 1953., Pietro, da Cortona, 1596-1669., and Waza, Aleksander Karol,--1614-1634.
Subject (Topic):
Operas--Scores. and Royal visitors--Italy--Rome--Early works to 1800.
