Laura Guidiccioni
Laura Guidiccioni | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 October 1550 |
| Died | c. 1597/9 Florence |
| Occupation | Poet |
Laura Guidiccioni (née de' Benedetti, 29 October 1550 – c. 1597/9) was an Italian noblewoman and poet.
Biography
Guidiccioni was born on 29 October 1550 into a noble family in Lucca, Tuscany.[1] Her parents were Caterina de' Benedetti and Niccolò de' Benedetti.[2][3]
Guidiccioni married Orazio Lucchesini and they moved to Florence in 1588.[4] In Florence, Guidiccioni spent time at the ducal court.[1] She composed poetry and collaborated with composer Emilio de' Cavalieri, writing the text for three theatrical projects which he put to music.[4][5] These project included two pastoral plays called Il Satiro and La Disperatione di Fileno[5][6] and the allegorical drama La Rappresentazione del Anima e del Corpo (The Representation of the Soul and the Body).[7] All of these works are now lost,[8] but have been described as "progenitors of the operatic genre."[9]
In May 1589, Guidiccioni played a leading role in the entertainment preparations for the grand ducal wedding of Ferdinand I de' Medici and Christina of Lorraine. In June 1589, Guidiccioni's husband was appointed secretary to the Grand Duchess.[2]
Guidiccioni died c. 1597/9 in Florence. After her death, Guidiccioni was commemorated in poems by Isabella Andreini.[10][11][12]
References
- ^ a b McVicker, Mary F. (4 August 2016). Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century. McFarland. pp. 216–217. ISBN 978-1-4766-2361-0.
- ^ a b Correlati, Lemmi (2004). "GUIDICCIONI, Laura". Enciclopedia Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ^ Gough, Melinda J. (1 January 2019). Dancing Queen: Marie de Médicis' Ballets at the Court of Henri IV. University of Toronto Press. pp. 238, n. 11. ISBN 978-1-4875-0366-6.
- ^ a b Milburn, Erika (2002), Hainsworth, Peter; Robey, David (eds.), "Guidiccioni, Laura", The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780198183327.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-818332-7, retrieved 21 September 2025
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- ^ Donington, Robert (1981). The Rise of Opera. C. Scribner's Sons. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-684-17165-4.
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- ^ Price, Paola Malpezzi; Ristaino, Christine (2008). Lucrezia Marinella and the "querelle Des Femmes" in Seventeenth-century Italy. Associated University Presse. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-8386-4122-4.
- ^ O'Regan, Noel (2002). "Review of Emilio de' Cavalieri "Gentilhuomo Romano". His Life and Letters, his Role as Superintendent of all the Arts at the Medici Court and his Musical Compositions". Renaissance Studies. 16 (4): 594–597. ISSN 0269-1213. JSTOR 24413122.
- ^ Andreini, Isabella (2005). Selected Poems of Isabella Andreini. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-8108-5442-0.
- ^ Panizza, Letizia; Wood, Sharon (2000). A History of Women's Writing in Italy. Cambridge University Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-521-57813-4.
- ^ Kerr, Rosalind (2015). The Rise of the Diva on the Sixteenth-Century Commedia dell'Arte Stage. University of Toronto Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-4426-4911-8.