Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino wrote the text for the comic opera "Calandro" by Giovanni Alberto Ristori, which was first staged in 1726 at the castle of Pilnitz near Dresden, and then in Moscow in 1731 when it was the first opera ever performed in Russia. He later composed the libretto for the five-act opera seria "Alfonso" (1738) by Johann Adolf Hasse. He was also known for his translations of Horace's Odes, Epistles and Satires. Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino (21 March 1672, Padua – 16 April 1742, Dresden) was an Italian poet and opera librettist. He was the son of the composer Carlo
Carmen Novoa Uruguay featured Carmen in 2 full inside pages in color regarding her poetry book Evasion/Evasion and her paintings. In 2005 Carmen held and art exhibition in the Uruguayan national library there she also launched her book Evasion/Evasion. With the sponsorship of Uruguayan born Telmo Languiller, speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Carmen brought together 24 artists and coordinated a Latin art exhibition in Parliament House, Melbourne building. This was historically recorded as it was the first art exhibition held in Parliament house then again in 2004. In 2003, Novoa organised the Spanish and Latin American exhibition of painting, sculpture and