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The novel, Lettres de Bérénice à Titus (1642), by Madeleine de Scudéry inaugurated a long series of works of fiction, devoted to the love story between Titus and Berenice, and produced a masterpiece such as [[Bérénice (1670 Racine), play]]. In the 18th | The novel, Lettres de Bérénice à Titus (1642), by Madeleine de Scudéry inaugurated a long series of works of fiction, devoted to the love story between Titus and Berenice, and produced a masterpiece such as [[Bérénice (1670 Racine), play]]. In the 18th and 19th centuries the subject remained highly popular and fostered the extraordinary success of Metastasio's drama, La clemenza di Tito (set to music by more than 40 composers), where however the presence of Berenice is only alluded. | ||
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Berenice (b. 28 CE) was a member of the Herodian dinasty, the daughter of King Herod Agrippa I, and sister of King Herod Agrippa II.
Berenice in ancient sources
Berenice in mentioned both in Jewish sources (Josephus, Acts of Apostles) and in Roman sources (Suetonius)
Berenice in Scholarship
During the Jewish War, Berenice and her brother sided with the Romans, and supported the Flavian rise to imperial power.
Her love story with Titus fueled controversy in Rome and never ended in marriage.
Berenice in Fiction
The novel, Lettres de Bérénice à Titus (1642), by Madeleine de Scudéry inaugurated a long series of works of fiction, devoted to the love story between Titus and Berenice, and produced a masterpiece such as Bérénice (1670 Racine), play. In the 18th and 19th centuries the subject remained highly popular and fostered the extraordinary success of Metastasio's drama, La clemenza di Tito (set to music by more than 40 composers), where however the presence of Berenice is only alluded.
External links
Pages in category "Berenice (subject)"
The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total.
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- (++) Lettres de Bérénice à Titus (Letters of Berenice to Titus / 1642 Scudéry), novel
- Bérénice (1648 Segrais), novel
- Tite (1660 Magnon), play
- Il Tito (Titus / 1666 Cesti / Beregani), opera (music & libretto), Venice premiere
- Il Tito (1668 Binitti), opera
- Tite et Bérenice (1670 Corneille), play
- Tite et Titus; ou, Les deux Bérénices (1673 Anonymous), play
- Titus and Berenice (1676 Otway), play
- Tito e Berenice (Titus and Berenice / 1714 Caldara / Capece), opera (music & libretto), Rome premiere (cast)
- Berenice (1725 Orlandini / Pasqualigo), opera (music & libretto), Venice premiere (cast)
- Il Titto / Titus l'empereur (Titus / 1731 Haendel), opera (music)
- Berenice (1764 Piccinni / @1725 Pasqualigo), opera (music), Naples premiere
- Berenice (1770 Platania / Durandi), opera (music & libretto), Turin premiere (cast)
- Tito e Berenice (Titus & Berenice / 1776 Mei / Lanfranchi-Rossi), opera (music & libretto), Pisa premiere
- Tito e Berenice (1782 Franchi), ballet
- Berenice (1786 Rust / @1770 Durandi), opera (music), Parma premiere
- Tito; o, La partenza di Berenice (1790 Angiolini), ballet
- Tito e Berenice (Titus and Berenice / 1793 Nasolini / Foppa), opera (music & libretto), Venice premiere (cast)
- Berenice in Roma (Berenice in Rome / 1824 Raimondi / Bordese), opera (music & libretto), Naples premiere (cast)
- Titus et Bérénice (Titus and Berenice / 1860 Gastinel / Fournier), opera (music & libretto), Paris premiere
- Berenike (1890 Schumacher), novel
- Some Jewish Women (1892 Zirndorf), book
- Orjan oppi (A Slave's Doctrine / 1902 Järnefelt), play
- Bérénice (1909 Magnard / Magnard), opera (music & libretto)
- Titus und die Jüdin (1911 Kyser), play
- Lost Diaries: From the Diary of Emperor Titus (1913 Baring), novel
- Bérénice, l'Hérodienne (1919 Du Bois), play
- Berenice (1922 Masefield), play
- Titus and Berenice (1926 Boyle), play
- Bérénice, la reine de Cesarée (1940 Brasillach), play
- Berenika (1940 Wohlman), play
- Berenice, Princess of Judea (1959 Kolb), novel
- Titus (1962 Törnroos / @1902 Järnefelt), Finnish (TV) production (play)
- Mission to Claudius (1963 Kolb), novel
- (+) Agrippa's Daughter (1964 Fast), novel
- La pourpre de Judée; ou, Les délices du genre humain (1967 Clavel), novel
- Bérénice (1968 Jolivet / @1670 Racine), French (TV) production (play)
- Tito y Berenice (1970 Marqués), play
- Tytus i Berenika (1972 Krawczuk), book
- Bérénice (1975 Rouleau / @1670 Racine), French (TV) production (play)
- Bérénice: ou, Le sortilège de Béryte (1976 Ambelain), novel
- Le mythe de Bérénice (The Myth of Berenice / 1978 Akerman), book
- Bérénice (1983 Ruíz / @1670 Racine), video recording (play)
- Bérénice, la reine humiliée (1988 Delouche), novel
Media in category "Berenice (subject)"
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