Leonora Bernardi’s “Clorilli”
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United StatesIntroducing the Renaissance Playwright and Her Pastoral Drama Rediscovered in 2010, this late Renaissance play was written by the multi-talented singer, musician, and poet Leonora Bernardi Belatti of Lucca (1559-1616), famous in her day but now almost entirely forgotten. Clorilli offers a fresh and witty take on the courtly genre of pastoral drama, made fashionable by Torquato Tasso’s Aminta (1573). Evidence suggests…