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L'Olimpiade (Galuppi)
''For Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's L'Olimpiade, see L'Olimpiade (Pergolesi)'' ''L'Olimpiade'' is an opera in three acts by Baldassare Galuppi in the opera seria style, based on the original libretto of L'Olimpiade, the same name by Pietro Metastasio. It premiered on 26 December 1747 at the Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan. Recordings *Mark Tucker (Cleisthenes of Sicyon, Clistene, tenor), Ruth Rosique (Agariste of Sicyon, Aristea, soprano), Roberta Invernizzi (Argene, soprano), Romina Basso (Megacle, soprano [castrato]), Franziska Gottwald (Licidas, soprano [trouser role]), (Alcandro, contralto), Filippo Adami (Aminta, tenor); premiere recording on video DVD (2006) Andrea Marcon (conductor), Venice Baroque Orchestra, Dominique Poulange (stage director) Teatro Malibran, Venice – Dynamic (record label), Dynamic Cat. 33545 Opéra Baroque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Giovanni Battista Draghi (; 4 January 1710 – 16 or 17 March 1736), often referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (), was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and organist. His best-known works include his Stabat Mater and the opera ''La serva padrona'' (''The Maid Turned Mistress''). His compositions include operas and sacred music. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 26. Biography Born in Jesi in what is now the Province of Ancona (but was then part of the Papal States), he was commonly given the nickname "Pergolesi", a demonym indicating in Italian the residents of Pergola, Marche, the birthplace of his ancestors. He studied music in Jesi under a local musician, Francesco Santi, before going to Naples in 1725, where he studied under Gaetano Greco and Francesco Feo among others. On leaving the conservatory in 1731, he won some renown by performing the oratorio in two parts ' ("The Phoenix on the Pyre, or The Death of Saint Joseph"), and the ''dramma sacro'' in thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
