 Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni provided an Italian version of the libretto for Tommaso Traetta, a composer who experimented with mixing French and Italian operatic styles.Traetta's "Ippolito ed Aricia" was first performed at the Teatro Ducale, Parma on 9 May 1759.Frugoni's version of Pellegrin's libretto was also the basis for a handful of later operas