Antonella D'Ovidio

Antonella D'Ovidio is Associate Professor in Musicology at University of Florence. Her research interests focus on Italian instrumental music of the 17th and 18th centuries; musical patronage of patrician families in 17th century Florence; 18th century Italian opera; Italian music criticism in the 19th century. Her publications include articles in international musicological journals («Recercare», «Il Saggiatore musicale», «Philomusica on-line», «Journal of the Royal Musical Association», «Basler Jahrbuch für historische Musikpraxis»). In 2015 she published the critical edition of the opera Didone abbandonata (1747) by N. Jommelli (2 voll., Pisa, ETS, 2015) and she is currently member of the scientific committee of the series «Drammi per musica di Niccolò Jommelli» (Pisa, Ets).

In 2017-2018 she was the Albi Rosenthal Visiting Fellow in Music at the Bodleian Library (University of Oxford) with the research project Manuscript Sources of Roman Triosonata in the Bodleian Library: The Works of Lelio Colista (1629-1680) and its Transmission and Assimilation in England. In 2021 she published the critical edition Lelio Colista’s trio sonatas (A-R Editions).