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Monday, October 10, 2011

Vanarelli: the first operatic Ippolito

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While the influence of Racine's "Fedra" is credited as the source for a fashion for Ippolito operas in Italy and France, Vanarelli's baroque thing remains the first: 1661 -- where 'baroque' is anachronic.

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