If the audience never understands the plot, it can be counted on to be attentive to the very end.

Marcello was a younger contemporary of Antonio Vivaldi in Venice and his instrumental music enjoys a Vivaldian flavor. Benedetto Marcello was the brother of Alessandro Marcello also a notable composer. With the poet Antonio Conti he wrote a series of experimental long cantatas - a duet Il Timoteo then five monologues Cantone Lucrezia Andromaca Arianna abandonnata and finally Cassandra.

Benedetto Giacomo Marcello (Italian pronunciation: [beneˈdetto marˈtʃɛllo]; 31 July or 1 August 1686 – 24 July 1739) was an Italian composer writer advocate magistrate and teacher.