La Maddalena (Magdalene / 1617 Andreini), play
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La Maddalena (aka La Maddalena lasciva e penitente) is a play by Giovan Battista Andreini.
Editions and translations
Written for the festivities celebrating the wedding of Duke Ferdinando di Gonzaga and Caterina de’ Medici, was performed in Italy (Mantua, Palazzo Ducale, March 1617).
Abstract
The “sacra rappresentazione” included incidental music and arias composed for the occasion by a group of Italian musicians, namely, Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Salomone Rossi (1570-c.1630), Muzio Effrem (1549-c.1640), and Alberto Ghivizzani (c.1572-c.1632).