Antonino Palminteri (3 October 1846 – 31 July 1915) was an Italian conductor and classical composer.
Life and career
Born in
Menfi
Menfi is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about southwest of Palermo and about northwest of Agrigento.
The town lies some from the south coast of Sicily, between the rivers Belice ...
, the son of a doctor, in 1970 Palminteri graduated in piano, counterpoint and harmony from the
Palermo Conservatory, and a few years later he became "Maestrino" and "Concertatore" (Master Teacher and Concertmaster) in his alma mater.
He then moved to Milan, where he succeeded
Amilcare Ponchielli
Amilcare Ponchielli (, ; 31 August 1834 – 16 January 1886) was an Italian opera composer, best known for his opera ''La Gioconda''. He was married to the soprano Teresina Brambilla.
Life and work
Born in Paderno Fasolaro (now Paderno Ponchiell ...
in the chair of counterpoint and harmony at the
Milan Conservatory
The Milan Conservatory (''Conservatorio di Milano'') is a college of music in Milan, Italy.
History
The conservatory was established by a royal decree of 1807 in Milan, capital of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. It opened the following year ...
.
Among his pupils were
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini (Lucca, 22 December 1858Bruxelles, 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long li ...
, with whom in the following years he had an intense epistolary relationship.
His first opera, ''Arrigo II'', with a libretto of Vincenzo Ramirez and focusing on
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry II (german: Heinrich II; it, Enrico II; 6 May 973 – 13 July 1024), also known as Saint Henry the Exuberant, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor ("Romanorum Imperator") from 1014. He died without an heir in 1024, and was the last ruler ...
, premiered in 1878 at the Teatro Sociale in
Monza
Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...
, and was well received by audiences and critics.
His second opera ''Amazilia'', with a libretto of , premiered in 1883 at the
Teatro Dal Verme in Milan to great acclaim.
In spite of the success, since then Palminteri focused on conducting, performing in the most important Italian opera houses as well as abroad,
notably performing
Donizetti
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the '' bel canto'' opera style dur ...
's ''
La favorite
''La favorite'' (''The Favourite'', sometimes referred to by its Italian title: ''La favorita'') is a grand opera in four acts by Gaetano Donizetti to a French-language libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz, based on the play ''Le comt ...
'' at the
Alexandrinsky Theatre
The Alexandrinsky Theatre (russian: Александринский театр) or National Drama Theatre of Russia is a theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
The Alexandrinsky Theatre was built for the Imperial troupe of Petersburg (Imperial trou ...
in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
in 1892.
He also conducted opera performances in Moscow, Madrid, Buenos Aires, Valencia and Zadar.
Further reading
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References
External links
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Antonino Palminteriat
Archivio Ricordi
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1846 births
1915 deaths
People from Menfi
Italian classical composers
Italian conductors (music)
Palermo Conservatory alumni
Academic staff of the Palermo Conservatory
Academic staff of Milan Conservatory