ROVETTA: Ercole in Lidia

ROVETTA: Ercole in Lidia Carnival. Venice, T. Novissimo Text by M. Bisaccioni. Prologue and 3 acts. The first and probably the only produced opera of Rovetta, who in 1643 had succeeded Monteverdi as maestro di cappella of S. Marco, Venice. (He himself was succeeded by Cavalli in 1668.) John Evelyn attended a performance of this opera (see his Diary, Bray’s edition, 1, p.204). Music lost.