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List Of Works By Carlo Goldoni
The following is a list of works by Venetian playwright and librettist Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793). Tragedies * ''Amalasunta'', burned by Goldoni after its premiere (1733) * ''Belisario'' (1734) * ''Rosmonda'' (1734) * '' Griselda'' (1734) * ''Enrico re di Sicilia'' (1736) * ''Gli amori di Alessandro Magno'' (1759) * ''Enea nel Lazio'' (1760) * ''Nerone'' (1760) * ''Artemisia'' (never performed) Tragicomedies *''Belisario'' (1734) *''Don Giovanni Tenorio'' o sia ''Il dissoluto'', "The Dissolute" (1735) *''Rinaldo di Montalbano'' (1736) *''Giustino'' (17??) *''La sposa persiana'', "The Persian Wife", in verse (1753) *''Ircana in Julfa'', "Ircana in Jaffa" (17??) *''Ircana in Ispaan'', "Ircana in Isfahan" (17??) *''La peruviana'', "The Peruvian Woman" (17??) *''La bella selvaggia'', "The Savage Beauty" (17??) *''La dalmatina'', "The Dalmatian Woman" (1758) *''Gli amori di Alessandro Magno'', "The Loves of Alexander the Great" (17??) *''Artemisia'', "Artemisia" (17??) *''Enea nel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Goldoni
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Niccolò Piccinni
Niccolò Piccinni (; 16 January 1728 – 7 May 1800) was an Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera. Although he is somewhat obscure today, Piccinni was one of the most popular composers of opera—particularly the Neapolitan opera buffa—of the Classical period. Life Piccinni was born in Bari, in the Apulia region. From the age of fourteen, he was educated at the S. Onofrio Conservatory by Leonardo Leo and Francesco Durante,. thanks to the intervention of the Bishop of Bari (his father, although himself a musician, was opposed to his son following the same career). Piccinni's first opera, ''Le donne dispettose'', was produced in 1755 with the patronage of Prince Vintimille. In 1760 he composed, at Rome, the ''chef d'œuvre'' of his early life, '' La Cecchina, ossia la buona Figliuola'', an ''opera buffa'' with a libretto by Goldoni, which "enjoyed a two-year run in Rome and was played in all the important European capitals. It can probably ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torquato Tasso
Torquato Tasso ( , also , ; 11 March 154425 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1591 poem ''Gerusalemme liberata'' (Jerusalem Delivered), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the Siege of Jerusalem (1099), Siege of Jerusalem of 1099. Tasso had mental illness and died a few days before he was to be Poet laureate, crowned on the Capitoline Hill as the king of poets by Clement VIII, Pope Clement VIII. His work was widely translated and adapted, and until the beginning of the 20th century, he remained one of the most widely read poets in Europe. Biography Early life Born in Sorrento, Torquato was the son of Bernardo Tasso, a nobleman of Bergamo and an epic and lyric poet of considerable fame in his day, and his wife Porzia de Rossi, a noblewoman born in Naples of Tuscany, Tuscan origins. His father had for many years been secretary in the service of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Feudatario
''Il feudatario'' is a comedy play by Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: * Carlo (name) * Monte Carlo * Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince .... It was published in 1752. Plays by Carlo Goldoni 1752 plays {{18thC-play-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mistress Of The Inn
''The Mistress of the Inn'' ( it, La locandiera ), also translated as ''The Innkeeper Woman'' or ''Mirandolina'' (after the play's main character), is a 1753 three-act comedy by the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni about a coquette. The play has been regarded as his masterpiece. Frederick Davies describes it as Goldoni's ''Much Ado About Nothing''. Characters * Mirandolina, the mistress of the inn * Ripafratta, a knight * Marquis of Forlipopoli * Count of Albafiorita * Fabrizio, a servant of the inn * the Baron's servant * Ortensia * Dejanira Plot Act 1 Mirandolina runs an inn in Florence and is constantly courted in marriage by all her clients, particularly the Marchese of Forlipopoli and the Conte of Albafiorita, who represent the two extremes of contemporary Venetian society, since the former is a born aristocrat who has fallen on hard times and sold his title whereas the latter is a young newly-rich merchant who has bought a title and become part of the new nobility. Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Pettegolezzi Delle Donne
''I pettegolezzi delle donne'' is a comedy play by Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni. It was published in 1750. It was written about two Italian women sitting at a fountain and gossiping. Columbina, a maid, and Isobella, Pantalone Pantalone , spelled Pantaloon in English, is one of the most important principal characters found in . With his exceptional greed and status at the top of the social order, Pantalone is "money" in the commedia world. His full name, including fam ...'s daughter, are the two women. Pierrot, Columbina's husband, hears them gossiping and much hilarity ensues. Plays by Carlo Goldoni 1750 plays {{18thC-play-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Vero Amico
''Il vero amico'' ("The True Friend") is a play by Carlo Goldoni written in 1750. It has been translated into English under the title ''The True Friend'' by Anna Cuffaro. The play is a comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ... about two friends who are in love with the same woman. In ''Memoirs'' (Carlo Goldoni's autobiography), Goldoni states: "This comedy is one of my favourites and I had the greatest pleasure in seeing that the audience confirmed my view" . External links ''The True Friend'' - synopsis of the playCarlo Goldoni ''carlo goldoni-biography'' 1750 plays Plays by Carlo Goldoni {{18thC-play-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Liar (Goldoni Play)
''The Liar'' ( it, Il bugiardo) is a comedy by Carlo Goldoni. It was written as part of Goldoni's fulfilment of a boast that he had inserted into the epilogue to one of his plays that for the next season he would write sixteen comedies. ''The Liar'', along with the fifteen other comedies, was staged in the 1750-51 season at the Teatro San Angelo in Venice.Holme (1976, 108, 190). It draws on '' commedia dell'arte'' conventions and stock characters. Plot Lelio, a Venetian who has spent years away from home, returns to Venice. He courts the two daughters of Doctor Balanzone, Beatrice and Rosaura, without telling them which one he really loves. Meanwhile, each girl has another suitor, Florindo for Rosaura and Ottavio for Beatrice. Florindo is shy, however, and will not tell Rosaura that he loves her. This allows Lelio to concoct fabulous lies and convince Rosaura that he wishes to marry her. Meanwhile, Lelio's servant Arlecchino tries to woo the Doctor's servant Columbina away from Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Teatro Comico
''Il teatro comico'' is a comedy play by Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni. It was written in 1750. The first of sixteen comedies, commissioned by Gerolamo Medebach early in 1750, the play represents an innovation in Goldoni's production. In the Introduction, the author discusses the current state of the comedy, corrupted and often vulgar, and presents his project to put in new honour the good practices of the tradition, while showing scenes and characters true to real life. ''Il teatro comico'' is a metatheatrical Metatheatre, and the closely related term metadrama, describes the aspects of a play that draw attention to its nature as drama or theatre, or to the circumstances of its performance. "Breaking the Fourth Wall" is an example of a metatheatrical dev ... comedy, which foregrounds the play's status as staged. The characters are actors, that in order to play a comedy, put on masks and names of the traditional '' Commedia dell'Arte''. References Plays by Carlo Goldoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Famiglia Dell'antiquario
''The Antiquarian's Family, or The Mother-in-law and the Daughter'' (''La famiglia dell'antiquario, ossia La suocera e la nuora'') is a comedy by Venetian author Carlo Goldoni, first published in 1749. Plot Introduction In the introduction, Goldoni introduces the plot and characters : Count Anselmo from Palermo, an antiquarian who spends his money on low value items that are presented to him as ancient and precious; his wife, now elderly but who poses as a young woman, who fights with her daughter; and her son, Count Giacinto, who asks in vain for help to pacify the two. Act 1 Count Anselmo is in his study admiring his precious " Pescennius," an ancient coin "so well survived that it seems to have been coined today". His servant Brighella arrives to bother him with certain debts he needs to pay and reprove him for throwing away his small fortune for household junk. His master accuses him of ignorance, and tells him that with the dowry from his son's marriage, they will not lack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Putta Onorata
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