Scarlatti, A.: Stage Works
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| Carlo re d'Allemagna |
Carlo re d'Allemagna is a three-act dramma per musica by Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti to a libretto by Giuseppe Papis, after Francesco Silvani, premiered at the Teatro San Bartolomeo of Naples on 26 or 30 January 1716. This is the composer's 79th opera out of 114 composed. Silvani's libretto was already set to music by Benedetto Vinaccesi in Venice in 1698, under the title L'innocenza giustificata and another set to music by Giuseppe Maria Orlandini in Ferrara in 1712, but under the title L'innocenza difesa and given again in Bologna and Parma in 1713 and 1714, shortly before Scarlatti's opera. Papis adds comic roles (Amilla and Bleso) to Silvani's drama, a contrast much appreciated in Naples, absent from Silvani's original libretto, which play the role of intermezzi at the end of the acts. The title refers to Charles the Bald and Judith of Bavaria. |
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| Gli equivoci in amore, o vero La Rosaura | ||
| Il Flavio |
Flavio Emilio Scogna (born 16 August 1956 in Savona, Liguria) is an Italian composer and conductor. |
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| Il Mitridate Eupatore |
Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti (2 May 1660 – 22 October 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer, known especially for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the most important representative of the Neapolitan school of opera. Nicknamed by his contemporaries "the Italian Orpheus", he divided his career between Naples and Rome; a significant part of his works was composed for the papal city. He is often considered the founder of the Neapolitan school, although he has only been its most illustrious representative: his contribution, his originality and his influence were essential, as well as lasting, both in Italy and in Europe. Particularly known for his operas, he brought the Italian dramatic tradition to its maximum development, begun by Monteverdi at the beginning of 17th century and continued by Cesti, Cavalli, Carissimi, Legrenzi and Stradella, designing the final form of the Da capo aria, imitated throughout Europe. He was also the inventor of the Italian overture in three movements (which was of the highest importance in the development of the symphony), of the four-part sonata (progenitor of the modern string quartet), and of the technique of motivic development. He was a model for the musical theater of his time, as evoked by Händel's Italian works, deeply influenced by his theatrical music. Eclectic, Scarlatti also worked on all the other common genres of his time, from the sonata to the concerto grosso, from the motet to the mass, from the oratorio to the cantata, the latter being a genre in which he was an undisputed master. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. |
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| Il Pirro e Demetrio |
Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti (2 May 1660 – 22 October 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer, known especially for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the most important representative of the Neapolitan school of opera. Nicknamed by his contemporaries "the Italian Orpheus", he divided his career between Naples and Rome; a significant part of his works was composed for the papal city. He is often considered the founder of the Neapolitan school, although he has only been its most illustrious representative: his contribution, his originality and his influence were essential, as well as lasting, both in Italy and in Europe. Particularly known for his operas, he brought the Italian dramatic tradition to its maximum development, begun by Monteverdi at the beginning of 17th century and continued by Cesti, Cavalli, Carissimi, Legrenzi and Stradella, designing the final form of the Da capo aria, imitated throughout Europe. He was also the inventor of the Italian overture in three movements (which was of the highest importance in the development of the symphony), of the four-part sonata (progenitor of the modern string quartet), and of the technique of motivic development. He was a model for the musical theater of his time, as evoked by Händel's Italian works, deeply influenced by his theatrical music. Eclectic, Scarlatti also worked on all the other common genres of his time, from the sonata to the concerto grosso, from the motet to the mass, from the oratorio to the cantata, the latter being a genre in which he was an undisputed master. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. |
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| Il Pompeo |
Il Pompeo is a dramma per musica in three acts by composer Alessandro Scarlatti. Written in 1682 when Scarlatti was 22 years old, it was his fourth opera and first dramatic work on a serious and grand subject. The opera uses an Italian language libretto by Nicolò Minato which had previously been used by Francesco Cavalli for his 1666 opera Pompeo Magno. The work premiered at the Teatro di Palazzo Colonna in Rome on 25 January 1683. |
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| Il Prigioniero fortunato |
This is a list of the operas written by the Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725). Scarlatti wrote 45 drammi per musica, also 7 melodrammi, 2 commedia per musica (or opere buffe), 2 opere drammatice, 2 favole boscherecce, 2 tragedie in musica, 1 commedia, 1 dramma pastorale, and 1 dramma sacro per musica. |
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| L'honestà negli amori |
L'honestà negli amori, is a dramma per musica in 3 acts by composer Alessandro Scarlatti. The opera is also known by its English title, Honesty in Love Affairs. Written in 1680, when Scarlatti was 19 years old, it was his second opera. The opera uses an Italian language libretto that was written by either Gian Lorenzo Bernini, D. F. Bernini, or Domenico Filippo Contini, under the pen name "Felice Parnasso". The work premiered at the Teatro di Palazzo Bernini, the palace of Giovanni Bernini, in Rome on 3 February 1680. The opera was performed again in 1682 in Acquaviva delle Fonti at the Palazzo De Mari with Acquaviva laureata, a serenata composed by Giovanni Cesare Netti. Though the opera is obscure today, its aria "Già il sole dal Gange" (The Sun from the Orient), has achieved some popularity. The aria has been recorded by several notable opera singers, including Cecilia Bartoli and Luciano Pavarotti. In the opera, the song is sung by the character of Saldino, a page boy, who is admiring the sunrise in Algeria. |
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| La caduta de' Decemviri |
Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti (2 May 1660 – 22 October 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer, known especially for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the most important representative of the Neapolitan school of opera. Nicknamed by his contemporaries "the Italian Orpheus", he divided his career between Naples and Rome; a significant part of his works was composed for the papal city. He is often considered the founder of the Neapolitan school, although he has only been its most illustrious representative: his contribution, his originality and his influence were essential, as well as lasting, both in Italy and in Europe. Particularly known for his operas, he brought the Italian dramatic tradition to its maximum development, begun by Monteverdi at the beginning of 17th century and continued by Cesti, Cavalli, Carissimi, Legrenzi and Stradella, designing the final form of the Da capo aria, imitated throughout Europe. He was also the inventor of the Italian overture in three movements (which was of the highest importance in the development of the symphony), of the four-part sonata (progenitor of the modern string quartet), and of the technique of motivic development. He was a model for the musical theater of his time, as evoked by Händel's Italian works, deeply influenced by his theatrical music. Eclectic, Scarlatti also worked on all the other common genres of his time, from the sonata to the concerto grosso, from the motet to the mass, from the oratorio to the cantata, the latter being a genre in which he was an undisputed master. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. |
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| La Didone delirante, opera |
This is a list of the operas written by the Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725). Scarlatti wrote 45 drammi per musica, also 7 melodrammi, 2 commedia per musica (or opere buffe), 2 opere drammatice, 2 favole boscherecce, 2 tragedie in musica, 1 commedia, 1 dramma pastorale, and 1 dramma sacro per musica. |
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| La donna ancora è fedele |
This is a list of the operas written by the Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725). Scarlatti wrote 45 drammi per musica, also 7 melodrammi, 2 commedia per musica (or opere buffe), 2 opere drammatice, 2 favole boscherecce, 2 tragedie in musica, 1 commedia, 1 dramma pastorale, and 1 dramma sacro per musica. |
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| La Griselda |
Griselda is an opera seria in three acts by the Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti, the last of Scarlatti’s operas to survive completely today. The libretto is by Apostolo Zeno, with revisions by an anonymous author. Zeno wrote his work in 1701 and it had already been set by Pollarolo and Antonio Maria Bononcini (Tomaso Albinoni, Giovanni Bononcini and Antonio Vivaldi would later produce versions). It is based on the story of Patient Griselda from Boccaccio's tenth day of The Decameron. Scarlatti's opera was first performed at the Teatro Capranica, Rome, in January 1721 with an all-male cast (five castratos and a tenor). |
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| La Statira |
This is a list of the operas written by the Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725). Scarlatti wrote 45 drammi per musica, also 7 melodrammi, 2 commedia per musica (or opere buffe), 2 opere drammatice, 2 favole boscherecce, 2 tragedie in musica, 1 commedia, 1 dramma pastorale, and 1 dramma sacro per musica. |
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| Leonzio ed Eurilla, | ||
| Pericca e Varrone, | ||
| Telemaco |
Telemaco, ossia L'isola di Circe is a 1718 opera by Alessandro Scarlatti to a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece (sometimes spelled "Capeci"), court poet to Queen Maria Casimira of Poland, living in exile in Rome, for the Teatro Capranica in Rome, where it was premiered during the carnival season. The opera was revived in 2005 by the Schwetzingen Festival and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. |