ACT ONE The Church of Sant`Andrea della Valle
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108-SantAndrea della Valle
Sant'Andrea della Valle (St Andrew of the Valley) is one of the three great 17th century preaching churches (the others being the Gesù and the Chiesa Nuova) built by Counter-Reformation religious orders in the Centro Storico It is also a titular church and a minor basilica The dedication is to St Andrew the Apostle (1) History |
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SEARING PASSION GRISLY VIOLENCE AND A JEALOUS SOPRANO: THE
ACT I Rome June 17 1800 midday the Church of Sant’Andrea della Valle The revolu-tionary Cesare Angelotti has just escaped from the Castel Sant’Angelo a prison in the heart of Rome run by the sadistic Baron Scarpia the corrupt chief of police Angelotti seeks refuge in a nearby church As it happens the artist Mario Cavaradossi |
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The Early History of SantAndrea della Valle
S ANT'ANDREA DELLA VALLE is the most significant Roman church designed during the two generations that lie between Vignola's Gesui and Borromini's San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane ' Architecturally its most magnificent feature is the dome designed by Maderno and Borromini in the early i62o's Artistically the church is even more famous for the |
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ACT ONE The Church of SantAndrea della Valle - Despre Opera
ACT ONE The Church of Sant'Andrea della Valle (To the right, the Attavanti chapel To the left, a painter's scaffold with a large painting covered with a cloth |
