Il Vespasiano
Subtitle: drama : da rappresentarsi nel Regio Teatro di Hay-Market, per la Real Accademia di Musica
Publisher: Printed by Tho. Wood in Little Britain
Published: 1724
Place of publication: London
Language: ita
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Drama; Operas; Librettos
Work titles: Vespasiano
Notes: Libretto for an opera in 3 acts.

Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym after Giulio Cesare Corradi; without the music by Attilio Ariosti; first performed in London at the Haymarket Theatre, 14 January 1724. Cf. Grove music online.

Dedication signed: Nicola Francesco Haym.

Includes title vignette, decorated initials, head- and tail-pieces.

"Interlocutori"--P. [1] (2nd count); includes performers; lists Il signor Boschi in title role; lists Il signor Senesino in role of Tito; lists La signora Durastanti in role of Domiziano.

Not in Sonneck.

Signatures: A⁴, B-D⁸, E⁴.

Last p. blank.

ESTC, T50734

In Italian, with a synopsis in English at the foot of nearly every page.

From the collection of John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward.

Trimmed to 18 cm.

Disbound; in prefab, 22 cm.