French theater and music in Rome before and during Handel’s stay in Rome
摘要
From the last years of the 17th century, French theater exerted its influence on theatrical and oratorial genres in Rome, as evidenced, for example, by the numerous translations and publications of French texts into Italian. French theatrical and musical culture was promoted in the Eternal City by French ambassadors, nobles, and cardinals, the Accademia dell’Arcadia, the colleges where the young elite of Rome were educated, and French dance masters.1