… ostensibly segregated from all contact with the surrounding Christian culture. This index of Jewish flirtation with the … performance and recording of the Oratorio Ester (1774) by Christiano Giuseppe Lidarti set to a Hebrew libretto by …

… employment, a privilege almost exclusively reserved for Christian musicians. Rossi’s network of patrons extended … employment and an occasional commission. Aside from Rossi’s Christian patrioni, he did seek support and protection from … theater troupes active in the Jewish ghetto, as well as in Christian communities and in the court. It is postulated …