Composers and their stage works 


Giambattista Giraldi Cinthio

(1504 - 1573) : Italian scholar, teacher, poet, short-story writer and dramatist.

PLAYS

  1. Orbecche. Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Published 1543. Produced Ferrara, in the author's home, early 1541.
  2. Didone (Dido). Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Published 1583. Produced Ferrara, public reading before the ducal court, mid-April, 1541.
  3. Altile. Mixed tragedy, 4 acts; verse. Written 1541/43. Published 1583. Produced before 1545?
  4. Cleopatra. Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Written 1541/43. Published 1583. Produced Ferrara, June 7/20, 1555.
  5. Eudemoni (Eudaemons). Comedy, 5 acts; verse. Published 1877. Produced after 1543, if at all.
  6. Egle. Pastoral tragicomedy. Produced Ferrara, in the author's home, Feb. 24, 1545.
  7. Gli antivalomeni (The Changelings). Mixed tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Published 1583. Produced Ferrara, July 29, 1548.
  8. Selene. Mixed tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Written before 1554. Published 1583. Produced before 1560.
  9. Euphimia. Mixed tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Written after 1560? Published 1583.
  10. Arrenopia. Mixed tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Published 1583. Produced Ferrara, January, 1563.
  11. Epitia. Mixed tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Published 1583. Produced not before 1583, if at all.