ABSTRACT
This chapter possess countless prints by musicians from the late Cinquecento, but a great many contemporary manuscripts have probably been lost. This time the chronicler indicates the exact title and the author of the comedy: Le stravaganze d'Amore by Cristoforo Castelletti – but as usual his reference to the musical intermedi is vague. The intermedi of Le stravaganze d'Amore amount to five in all, performed at the opening of the performance – 'before the curtain was lowered' 'avanti che si abbassassero le cortine' – and at the end of each of the four acts. It is difficult to establish whether the participation of Marenzio and Giovannelli in the intermedi of Le stravaganze d'Amore was favoured by Boncompagni or rather by the association of the 'Musici di Roma', or perhaps by the company of SS.
