Caccini, Francesca (nicknamed “La Cecchina”)
Caccini, Francesca (nicknamed “La Cecchina”)
Caccini, Francesca (nicknamed “La Cecchina”), Italian composer, daughter of Giulio Caccini; b. Florence, Sept. 18, 1587; d. c. 1640. She was probably the first woman composer of operas. Her opera-ballet La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina was produced at a palace near Florence on Feb. 2, 1625, and a book of songs from it was publ. in the same year. A modern reprint, ed. by D. Silbert, was publ, in Northampton, Mass. (1945). Caccini wrote further a Ballo delle zingare (Florence, Feb. 24, 1615) in which she acted as one of the gypsies. Her sacred opera II martirio di Sant’Agata was produced in Florence, Feb. 10, 1622.
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