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Altogether, Zicari has observed that Rolli, although unacquainted with the 'Adamo Caduto, has sometimes inadvertently hit upon the same words in his Italian translation of Milton which Salandra had used before him. Eve's altered complexion after the eating of the forbidden fruit is noted by both poets: Torbata ne la faccia? Non sei quella Thus Eve with countenance blithe her story told;
The directors engaged Nicolo Haym and Paolo Rolli as poets to provide libretti; for the music they naturally secured Handel, but also invited Buononcini over from Rome, and Attilio Ariosti from Berlin.
The dedication to the Earl of Burlington is signed by Paolo Rolli, and no other author's name is mentioned; but the libretto was really by Apostolo Zeno . Astarto had ten performances before Christmas, and twenty afterwards; Radamisto was revived again, but Buononcini established himself firmly in the favour of a large party.
The error would be of no significance if Zicari had referred to Rolli's 'Paradiso' by the usual system of cantos and lines, but he refers to it by pages, and the pagination differs in every one of the editions of Rolli which have passed through my hands.