Name Antonio Rolli | Role Librettist | |
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Died March 20, 1765, Todi, Italy Books Deidamia: An Opera in Three Acts Libretti Alessandro, Deidamia, Riccardo Primo, Floridante, Scipione, Muzio Scevola, Polifemo Similar People Giovanni Bononcini, George Frideric Handel, Nicola Porpora | ||
Händel Opera Scipione Aria 'Scoglio d'immota fronte' HWV20 | Sandrine Piau
Antonio Rolli or Roli (1643–1695) is an Italian painter active painting quadrature during the Baroque art|Baroque period, mainly in his native Bologna.
He trained with Angelo Michele Colonna and worked alongside his brother Giuseppe Rolli (or Gioseffo) who painted the figures. He painted the ceiling (1695) for the church of San Paolo Maggiore, Bologna. He died from a fall from a scaffold while completing this work. Paolo Guidi and his brother Gioseffo helped complete the work.
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