Although the fact that he's a painter isn't developed much in the opera,
there is Alidoro (later crowned as Floridano) in Antonio Cesti's opera
L'Orontea (c. 1650), libretto by Cicognini.
Cordially,
Julia Ambrose Viazmenski
julia a. viazmenski
department of french & italian
university of wisconsin-madison
611 van hise hall
1220 linden drive
madison, wi 53706
(608) 262-7864
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