La fabula d'Orfeo [The Story of Orpheus] (1471 - 1472)

Original id: 
12755
Start date: 
1 January 1471
End date: 
31 December 1472
Degree of relationship to ancient play: 
Adaptation
Production notes: 
Pastoral poem. Twice recast as a drama (entertainment in verse, half-spoken, half-sung). Composer - unknown. Music lost. Performed again in 1480. Published in 1494.
Media of production: 
Vocal music (non-theatrical), accompanied/unaccompanied (oratorio, cantata etc)
Stage-play
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Information related to this production

Person Role Notes
Angelo Poliziano AKA Politian Writer
Venue Festival Dates Notes
unknown venue (Mantua, Lombardy, Italy)
Source Format Location if held at the APGRD Pagination
Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s. Vol.2 Book library 774 Pirrotta & Povoledo 1982, pp. 3-37 passim, 283-92 / Kosinski 1989, pp. 17f. / Saslow 1986, pp. 121-24 / Grove 1980, 15.42 / Segal 1989, pp. 168f. / Levin 1969, p. 40

How to cite this production

La fabula d'Orfeo [The Story of Orpheus] (1471 - 1472), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/12755 <24 April 2024>