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'''Paolo Antonio Rolli''', ({{date|2006-08-04|DMY}} - {{date|2006-08-04|DMY}} was a librettist, poet, and translator. As Italian master to the English royal household, he helped to Italianize 18th-century English taste.<ref name=" | '''Paolo Antonio Rolli''', ({{date|2006-08-04|DMY}} - {{date|2006-08-04|DMY}} was a librettist, poet, and translator. As Italian master to the English royal household, he helped to Italianize 18th-century English taste.<ref name="Britannica/> | ||
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.<p> | 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.<p> | ||
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.<ref name="Britannica"/> He returned to Italy in 1744. | 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.<ref name="Britannica"/> He returned to Italy in 1744. | ||