| 1. | Nicola Porpora, (much later to be Haydn's master), set the work to music, and the success was so great that the famed Roman prima donna, Marianna Bulgarelli, "La Romanina", sought out Metastasio, and took him on as her protégé. Nicola Porpora mit le poème en musique et le succès fut tel que la fameuse prima donna romaine Marianna Bulgarelli dite "La Romanina" remarqua Métastase et en fit son protégé. |