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Brigida Lorenzani
Brigida Lorenzani (1804, Brescello, Emilia-Romagna – 9 March 1881, Lucca) was an Italian operatic contralto. She was also known as Brigida Lorenzani Nerici. Career Lorenzani started singing professionally in 1820 and soon began appearing at the historic La Scala opera house in Milan.Biography of Brigida Lorenzani at operissimo.com (in German) . . Retrieved 24 June 2023. She performed as Zomira in '''' in 1822. The Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Ridolfi
Selfportrait Michele Ridolfi (Gragnano, September 29, 1793 – Lucca, November 1, 1854) was an Italian painter and art critic. Biography He was a pupil of Stefano Tofanelli in Lucca. He specialized in painting with encaustic, and painted the walls of the apse of Sant Alessandro in Lucca. He moved to Rome in 1813 to study with various artists, including a colony of German artists, principally Peter von Cornelius and Johann Friedrich Overbeck. His ''First Council of the Apostles under the Presidency of St. Peter'' was painted in Rome. His ''Enthroned Madonna'' received two gold medals and a crown of laurel from the Pope. He restored Amico Aspertini's frescoes in the Basilica di San Frediano at Lucca with great skill. Ridolfi was an honorary member of the Dresden Academy. He should not be confused with Michele Tosini, the Renaissance painter from Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saverio Mercadante
Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante (baptised 17 September 179517 December 1870) was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. While Mercadante may not have retained the international celebrity of Gaetano Donizetti or Gioachino Rossini beyond his own lifetime, he composed as prolific a number of works as either; and his development of operatic structures, melodic styles and orchestration contributed significantly to the foundations upon which Giuseppe Verdi built his dramatic technique. Biography Early years Mercadante was born illegitimate in Altamura, near Bari in Apulia; his precise date of birth has not been recorded, but he was baptised on 17 September 1795. Mercadante studied flute, violin and composition at the conservatory in Naples, and organized concerts among his compatriots.Michael Rose, "Mercadante: Flute Concertos", booklet accompanying the 2004 RCA CD recording with James Galway and I Solisti Veneti under Claudio Scimone. The opera composer Gioachino Rossini sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Contraltos
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People From Lucca
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People From Emilia-Romagna
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1881 Deaths
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1804 Births
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Oxford University Press
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The Opera Quarterly
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Gli Arabi Nelle Gallie
''Gli arabi nelle Gallie, ossia Il trionfo della fede'' (The Arabs in Gaul, or The triumph of Faith) is an opera in two acts composed by Giovanni Pacini to a libretto by Luigi Romanelli. The opera is in the ''opera seria'' genre with a libretto based on Prévot's 1822 novel ''Le Renégat''. ''Gli Arabi nelle Gallie'' premiered on 8 March 1827 at La Scala in Milan. Between 1827 and the late 1830s it was performed throughout Italy as well as in Spain, France, and Austria. It was also the first of Pacini's operas to be performed in North America when a production was mounted in 1834 at New York's Italian Opera House. Roles and premiere cast Recordings Pianist Rosemary Tuck, conductor Richard Bonynge and the English Chamber Orchestra recorded "Introduction et Variations Brillantes" sur le Marche de ''Gli arabi nelle Gallie'' for Naxos Naxos (; el, Νάξος, ) is a Greek island and the largest of the Cyclades. It was the centre of archaic Cycladic culture. The island is famo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvida
''Elvida'' is a ''melodramma'' or opera in one act by Gaetano Donizetti. Giovanni Schmidt wrote the Italian libretto. The opera was written as a ''pièce d'occasion'' for the birthday of María Isabella of Spain, Queen Maria of the Two Sicilies. The choice of subject matter was no doubt intended as an elegant acknowledgement of the Queen's Spanish ancestry. Donizetti received little financial reward for the work and, as a result, put the minimum of effort into its composition. ''Elvida'' was first performed on 6 July 1826 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, but it "made little impression on the audience"Osborne 1994, pp. 162—63 After three performances, the piece lay forgotten until its performances and recordings in 2004. Roles Synopsis :Place: A fortified town in the Emirate of Granada. :Time: The late fifteenth century. Scene 1 During the struggle for control of southern Spain, Elvida, a noble Kingdom of Castile, Castilian lady, has been captured by the Moors. For two mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caritea, Regina Di Spagna
''Caritea, regina di Spagna, ossia La morte di Don Alfonso re di Portogallo'' (''Caritea, Queen of Spain, or, The Death of Don Alfonso, King of Portugal''), is an opera in two acts by Saverio Mercadante, with a libretto by Paolo Pola. It was premiered at Teatro La Fenice in Venice on 21 February 1826. Roles Synopsis :Time: :Place: Toledo, on the banks of the Tagus River, near Don Alonso's camp. Act 1 Don Alfonso, the king of Portugal, has declared war on Spain; because the Spanish queen Caritea has refused his offer of marriage, he has decided to take the country by force. The Portuguese are laying siege to Toledo. Diego, a Spaniard who is in love with Caritea, arrives at the Portuguese camp, where he asks for entry. He had fled Spain ten years earlier because he had been rejected by the queen and killed another of the queen's suitors, Pompey. Caritea, who had been in love with Pompey, promised to marry anyone who would deliver her Diego's head. Caritea enters the Portuguese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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