Antonio Palomba (20 December 1705 – 1769) was an Italian

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ist, and

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. He also worked as a

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. Born in Naples, he became a teacher of the harpsichord at the Teatro della Pace in 1749. Most of his more than 50 opera libretti were comedic works written for composers of the

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. He also wrote some works for performance in Florence, Bologna and abroad. He died in Naples in 1769; one of the victims of a fever epidemic in the city. Many of his libretti were set more than once to music, and composers continued to use his libretti up into the 1830s. There is some confusion about whether these libretti were written by Antonio Palomba or his nephew Giuseppe Palomba, also a librettist, who died in 1825. Articles on both men are available on it.wikipedia.org.

Operas using libretti by Palomba

1730-1739

*''Li dispiette amoruse'' (Autumn 1731, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Michele Gabellone) *''Lo creduto infedele'' (1735, Naples, Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino) *''Il Carlo'' (1736, Naples,

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) *''La Camilla'' (1737, Naples, Ignazio Prota) *''L'errore amoroso'' (1737, Naples,

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) *''Il Marchese Sgrana'' (1738, Naples,

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) *''La Matilde'' (Winter 1739,

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, Naples,

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)

1740-1749

*''Gl'intrichi delle cantarine'' (

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1740, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples,

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) *''Li travestimenti amorosi'' (10 July 1740, Teatro del Palazzo Reale di Napoli, Naples,

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) *''L'Origille'' (8 December 1740, Teatro Nuovo, Naples,

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*One concerto in ''Neapolitan Flute Concertos'', Auser Musici, Carlo Ipata, director, Hyperion CDA67 ...

) *''Il trionfo del valore'' (1741, Teatro Nuovo, Naples,

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) *''La violante'' (1741, Naples, Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino; after ''L'amor costante'' by Pietro Auletta) *''Le due zingare simili'' (1742, Naples,

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) *''Il geloso'' (1743, Naples, Girolamo Abos) *''Il giramondo'' (Spring of 1743, Florence, Teatro di Via del Cocomero,

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) *''Don Saverio'' (Spring of 1744, Venice,

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) *''La fedeltà odiata'' (Spring of 1744, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Leonardo Leo) *''L'amante tradito'' (Summer of 1744, Brescia, music by various composers) *''L'Elisa'' (Fall of 1744, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Gioacchino Cocchi) *''L'amore ingegnoso'' (1745, Naples,

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) *''La moglie gelosa'' (1745, Naples, Girolamo Abos) *''L'Eugenia'' (1745, Naples, Matteo Capranica) *''L'errore amoroso'' (Carnival 1745, Teatro S. Lucia, Palermo, Davide Pérez) *''La maestra'' (Carnival 1747, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Gioacchino Cocchi) *''La Faustina'' (Carnival 1747, Naples,

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) *''La mogliere traduta'' (Spring of 1747, Teatro della Pace, Naples,

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) *''Il barone di Vignalomba'' (1747, Teatro Nuovo, Naples,

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) *''La Costanza'' (1747, Naples, Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino) *''Li despiette d'ammore'' (1748, Naples, Acts 1 and 2 by Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, Act 3 by Nicola Calandro) *''L'amore in maschera'' (1748, Naples, Niccolò Jommelli) *''Lo chiacchiarone'' (1748, Naples,

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) *''La scuola moderna o sia la maestra di buon gusto'' (Fall 1748, Venice, revised version of ''La maestra'', Gioacchino Cocchi) *''Monsieur Petitone'' (1749, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Antonio Corbisiero) *''La serva bacchettona'' (Spring 1749, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Gioacchino Cocchi) *''La Celia'' (Autumn 1749, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Gaetano Latilla)

1750-1759

*''L'amor comico'' (1750, Naples,

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) *''La Gismonda'' (Spring 1750, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Gioacchino Cocchi) *''Bernardone'' (Carnival 1750, Teatro privato Valguarner, Palermo, Gioacchino Cocchi) *''Il chimico'' (23 September 1750, Teatro de Santa Creu, Barcelona, Giuseppe Scolari) *''Il gioco de' matti'' (Autumn 1750, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Gaetano Latilla) *''La villana nobile'' (1751, Palermo, Niccolò Jommelli) *''Amore figlio del piacere'' (1751, Naples, Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino and Giuseppe Ventura) *''La Griselda'' (1752, Naples, Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino) *''Gl'inganni per amore'' (1752, Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Nicola Conforto) *''L'Orazio'' (19 September 1752,

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, Paris,

) *''La Costanza'' (Winter 1752, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples,

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) *''L'Olindo'' (1753, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Niccolò Conti and Matteo Capranica) *''La schiava amante'' (1753, Naples,

) *''La clemenza di Tito'' (3 January 1753, Teatro Formagliari, Bologna, Michelangelo Valentini) *''La scaltra governatrice'' (25 January 1753, Académie Royale de Musique, Paris, final revision of ''La maestra'', Gioacchino Cocchi) *''La serva astuta'' (Spring 1753, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Gioacchino Cocchi and

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) *''Il finto turco'' (Winter 1753, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Gioacchino Cocchi and Pasquale Errichelli) *''La commediante'' (Carnival 1754, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Nicola Conforto) *''Le donne dispettose'' (or: ''Le trame per amore''; ''La massara spiritosa'') (Autumn 1754, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples,

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 ...

) *''L'amore alla moda'' (1755, Naples, Giuseppe Sellitto) *''La Rosmonda'' (1755, Naples, Tommaso Traetta, Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, and Carlo Cecere) *''La madamigella'' (1755, Naples, possibly

Giuseppe Scarlatti Giuseppe Scarlatti (1718 or 18 June 1723, Naples – 17 August 1777, Vienna) was a composer of ''opere serie'' and ''opere buffe''. He worked in Rome from 1739 to 1741, and from 1752 to 1754 in Florence, Pisa, Lucca and Turin. From 1752 to ...

) *''Il curioso del suo proprio danno'' (Carnival 1755 or 1756, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Niccolò Piccinni) *''La fante furba'' (Autumn 1756, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Tommaso Traetta) *''Il chimico'' (1757, Venice, Vincenzo Legrenzio Ciampi) *''La clemenza di Tito'' (1757, Venice, Vincenzo Legrenzio Ciampi) *''La fante di buon gusto'' (1758, Naples, Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino) *''Madama Arrighetta'' (or ''Monsieur Petitone'') (Autumn 1758, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Niccolò Piccinni) *''La scaltra letterata'' (Winter 1758, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Niccolò Piccinni) *''La ricca locandiera'' (Carnival 1759,

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, Rome,

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) *''Il finto pastorello'' (1759, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Vincenzo Orgitano)

1760-1769

*''L'Origille'' (Spring 1760, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Niccolò Piccinni) *''I due soldati'' (Winter 1760, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi) *''Il curioso imprudente'' (Autumn 1761, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Niccolò Piccinni) *''La furba burlata'' (Summer 1762, Teatro Nuovo, Naples,

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) *''La donna di tutti i caratteri'' (Autumn 1762, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi) *''Il cavalier parigino'' (Winter 1762, Naples, Niccolo Piccinni) *''Lo sposo di tre e marito di nessuna'', 1763, Teatro Nuovo, Naples,

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and

*''Monsieur Petitone'' (Spring 1763 Neapel, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Giacomo Insanguine) *''La giocatrice bizzarra'' (Spring 1764, Naples, Gaspare Gabellone and Giacomo Insanguine) *''La donna vana'' (November 1764, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Niccolò Piccinni) *''Il ciarlone'' (1765, Milan, Giuseppe Scolari) *''Madama l'umorista o Gli stravaganti'' (26 January 1765, Teatro Rangoni, Modena,

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) *''La vedova capricciosa'' (Carnival 1765, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Giacomo Antonio Insanguine) *''L'incostante''; (or: ''Il volubile''; ''La capricciosa'') (February 1766, Teatro Capranica, Rome, Niccolò Piccinni) *''Le quattro malmaritate'' (Carnival 1766, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Giacomo Antonio Insanguine) *'' Lo spirito di contradizione'' (Carnival 1766,

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, Venice, Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi) *''I matrimoni per dispetto'' (1767, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Pasquale Anfossi) *''Monsieur Petiton'' (1768, Großwardein,

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)

1770-1799

*''Il maestro di cappella'' (31 December 1771,

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, Vienna,

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) *''La donna di tutti caratteri'' (January 1775, Teatro Nuovo, Naples,

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) *''La locandiera strega'' (Carnival 1778, Cosenza, Giacomo Antonio Insanguine) *''I vecchi burlati'' (27 March 1783, King's Theatre, London, Pasquale Anfossi) *''Gli sposi in commedia'' (1784, Teatro Ducale, Piacenza, Pasquale Anfossi) *''La grotta do Trofonio'' (spring 1785, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples,

) *''I zingari in fiera'' (21 November 1789,

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, Naples, Giovanni Paisiello) *''Le gare generose'' (spring 1786, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Giovanni Paisiello) *''Il fanatico per gli antichi romani'' (1792, Padua,

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) *''L'inganno felice'' (Winter 1798, Neapel, Teatro del Fondo, Naples, Giovanni Paisiello)

1800-1839

*''Griselda'' (Carnival 1800,

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Valentino Fioravanti Valentino Fioravanti (11 September 1764 – 16 June 1837) was a celebrated Italian composer of ''opera buffas''. Fioravanti was born in Rome. One of the best ''opera buffa'' composers between Domenico Cimarosa and Gioacchino Rossini, he was ...

) *''Il maestro di cappella'' (March 1818, Teatro Nuovo, Triest, Vincenzo Pucitta) *''I due furbi'' (1835, Naples,

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) *''I vecchi burlati'' (Carnival 1839, Teatro Fenaroli, Chieti, Valentino Fioravanti)

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