Ariosto, Opera and the 17th Century Evolution in the Poet...
Milton Anderson, Edward
The success of Orlando furioso in Italian musical theatre is vast andcomplex. This book examines the main phases of the circulation and influenceof Orlando furioso on the seventeenth-century music scene by reconstructingan overall historical and critical profile, but also through the recovery andphilologically verified transcription of about forty dramatic texts derivedfrom Ariosto¿s main narrative currents.