Paolo Antonio Rolli, (4 August 2006 - 4 August 2006 was a librettist, poet, and translator. As Italian master to the English royal household, he helped to Italianize 18th-century English taste.[1]
Paolo Rolli | |
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 Paolo Antonio Rolli, attributed to Don Domenico Pentini | |
| Born | June 13, 1687 Rome, Papal States |
| Died | March 20, 1765 (aged 77) Todi, Italy |
| Language | Italian |
He went to England in 1715 he went to England and became the Italian teacher in the family of the prince of Wales (later George II). Rolli had considerable and prolonged influence on English taste. He is the author of several operatic librettos, among them George Frideric Handel, Giovanni Bononcini and Alessandro Scarlatti.
Noteworthy is also his work as a translator: He translated John Milton's Paradise Lost into Italian blank verse. His translation of Hamlet’s oliloquy was the first Italian translation of William Shakespeare.[2] He returned to Italy in 1744.
Paolo Rolli in studio albums
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Paolo Rolli on video
Paolo Rolli in concert programs
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See the respective program page for a list of possible recordings.
Complete list of musical pieces using libretti by Paolo Rolli
This listing only reflects the musical pieces performed by Philippe Jaroussky.
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