Antonio Conti

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Antonio Conti

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Italian literature
Reform of the tragic theatre
) Between 1726 and 1747 Antonio Conti—an admirer of William Shakespeare—wrote four Roman tragedies in blank verse. It was not until 1775, however, with the success of Vittorio Alfieri’s Cleopatra, that an important Italian tragedian finally emerged. In strong contrast with the melodrammi, or musical dramas, of Pietro Metastasio and…
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) Between 1726 and 1747 Antonio Conti—an admirer of William Shakespeare—wrote four Roman tragedies in blank verse. It was not until 1775, however, with the success of Vittorio Alfieri’s Cleopatra, that an important Italian tragedian finally emerged. In strong contrast with the melodrammi, or musical dramas, of Pietro Metastasio and…
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