Griselda

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Griselda is an opera by Alessandro Scarlatti, based on the medieval tale of patient Griselda and notable for its Baroque musical style and dramatic intensity.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Griselda canonical 5
Patient Griselda 3

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf opera ⓘ
basedOn medieval legend of Griselda ⓘ
tale of patient Griselda ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Giovanni Boccaccio ⓘ
centralCharacter Griselda ⓘ
characteristic contrasting recitative and aria sections ⓘ
ornate vocal lines ⓘ
composer Alessandro Scarlatti ⓘ
era early 18th century ⓘ
genre opera seria ⓘ
hasForm da capo aria ⓘ
recitative ⓘ
historicalContext Roman opera seria tradition ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
librettist Apostolo Zeno ⓘ
musicalStyle Baroque music ⓘ
nationalityOfComposer Italian ⓘ
notableFor dramatic intensity ⓘ
expressive vocal writing ⓘ
partOf Baroque opera repertoire ⓘ
premiereDate 1721 ⓘ
premierePlace Rome ⓘ
settingPeriod medieval period ⓘ
structure three acts ⓘ
style Baroque ⓘ
theme marital fidelity ⓘ
patience ⓘ
virtue under trial ⓘ
workOf Alessandro Scarlatti ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tales of Mother Goose → hasPart → Patient Griselda ⓘ
linked to: Griselda
Top Girls → character → Patient Griselda ⓘ
linked to: Griselda
Griselda → centralCharacter → Griselda ⓘ
The Return → character → Griselda ⓘ
Griselidis → hasAlternativeName → Griselda ⓘ
Griselidis → hasAlternativeName → Patient Griselda ⓘ
linked to: Griselda