OPERA AND MUSICAL THEATER IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRAZIL: A SURVEY OF EARLY STUDIES AND NEW SOURCES

From: Studi Musicali | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: © Budasz, Rogà rio | Copyright information

The homage of the uncultured America is well deserved by the great Metastasio. This name is heard with admiration deep in our forests.

Basílio da Gama

Pietro Metastasio looked at the parcel. It was postmarked Rio de Janeiro, 1769. Inside it, he found a book and a letter explaining that it was written on an «all-American subject». But the book was in Portuguese. After some struggling with the language he wrote:

To Basilio da Gama - Rio de Janeiro

Vienna 7 April 1...

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