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Decebalo (Leo)
''Decebalo'' is an opera in two acts by Leonardo Leo premiered in 1743.Giacomo Leo ''Leonardo Leo, musicista del sec. XVIII: e le sue opere musicali'' 1905 - ... Si può congetturare perciò, che il Decebalo fosse stato composto per tale avvenimento. The plot concerns Decebalus, king of the Dacians. Recordings *Angelo Manzotti, Adrian George Popescu, Julia Surdu, Sorin Dumitrascu, Ruxandra Ibric Cioranu. Romabarocca Ensemble Lorenzo Tozzi 2CD Bongiovanni 2006 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Decebalo 1743 operas Operas by Leonardo Leo Operas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Leo
Leonardo Leo (5 August 1694 – 31 October 1744), more correctly Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, was a Baroque composer. Biography Leo was born in San Vito degli Schiavoni (currently known as San Vito dei Normanni, province of Brindisi) in the Apulia region, then part of the Kingdom of Naples. He became a student at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini at Naples in 1703, and was a pupil first of Francesco Provenzale and later of Nicola Fago. It has been supposed that he was a pupil of Pitoni and Alessandro Scarlatti, but he could not possibly have studied with either of these composers, although he was undoubtedly influenced by their compositions. His earliest known work was a sacred drama, ''L'infedelta abbattuta'', performed by his fellow-students in 1712. In 1714 he produced, at the court theatre, an opera, ''Pisistrato'', which was much admired. He held various posts at the royal chapel, and continued to write for the stage, besides teaching at the conservator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
