Italian plays

Italian play by Terzoli & Vaime

thumb|right|261x261px|Title-page of a 1789 edition of Aminta printed at Parma Aminta is a play written by Torquato Tasso in 1573, performed during a garden party at the court of Ferrara. Both the actors and the public were noble persons living at the Court, who could understand subtle allusions the poet made to that style of life, in contrast with the life of shepherds, represented in an idyllic way.

Adelchi () is the second tragedy written by Alessandro Manzoni. Set on the Italian Peninsula, the play was first published in 1822. The main character is Adelchis, the son of the last Lombard King Desiderius, torn by the inner conflict between his father's will and his own desire for peace.

play by Giovanni Battista Guarini

Italian musical by Garinei e Giovannini