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Rinuccini
Rinuccini is a surname, and may refer to: *Giovanni Battista Rinuccini (1592–1653), an Italian archbishop. *Ottavio Rinuccini Ottavio Rinuccini (20 January 1562 – 28 March 1621) was an Italian poet, courtier, and opera librettist at the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. In collaborating with Jacopo Peri to produce the first opera, ''Dafne'', in ... (1562–1621), an Italian poet and librettist. * Alamanno Rinuccini, an Italian author who wrote ''On Liberty''. {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Battista Rinuccini
Giovanni Battista Rinuccini (1592–1653) was an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop in the mid-seventeenth century. He was a noted legal scholar and became chamberlain to Pope Gregory XV. In 1625 Pope Urban VIII made him the Archbishop of Fermo in Italy. In 1645 Pope Innocent X sent him to Ireland as Papal Nuncio. He brought money and weapons to help the Confederate Irish in its conflict against the English Parliamentarians. Rinuccini became the dominant figure of the hard-line Clerical Faction of the Confederates refusing the alliance with the Irish Royalists. Early life Rinuccini was born in Rome on 15 September 1592. He was the son of a Florentine patrician, his mother, Virginia di Pier Antonio Bandini was a sister of Cardinal Ottavio Bandini, who was bishop of Ostia and Velletri and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals. Rinuccini was educated by the Jesuits in Rome and studied law at the Universities of Bologna and Perugia, in due course, he was ordained a priest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottavio Rinuccini
Ottavio Rinuccini (20 January 1562 – 28 March 1621) was an Italian poet, courtier, and opera librettist at the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. In collaborating with Jacopo Peri to produce the first opera, ''Dafne'', in 1597, he became the first opera librettist. He was born and died at Florence. Works Rinuccini wrote texts for some of the intermedi at the performance of ''La pellegrina'' at the wedding of Ferdinand I de' Medici and Christine de Lorraine in May 1589. Other works include: * Libretto for Jacopo Peri's opera ''Dafne'', first performed early in 1598. * The pastorale, ''Euridice'', used as the libretto for Peri's opera, '' Euridice'', and Giulio Caccini's opera of the same name. * Libretto for Claudio Monteverdi's ''L'Arianna'', first performed in 1608. * Libretto for Claudio Monteverdi's ''Il ballo delle ingrate'', first performed in 1608. * Libretto for Claudio Monteverdi's ''Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti''. * Filippo Bonaffino Filip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
