This aroused the interest of the French first minister, the Italian-born Cardinal Mazarin, who was eager to bring Italian culture to Paris and hired Rossi in 1646 to write an opera for the Paris carnival the following year.
This aroused the interest of the French first minister, the Italian-born Cardinal Mazarin. Cardinal Mazarin was eager to bring Italian culture to Paris. Cardinal Mazarin hired Rossi in 1646 the following year. This was to write an opera for the Paris carnival.