Aurelio Aureli (Venice, before 1652 – id. after 1708) was an Italian
librettist
A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major litu ...
.
Life
Little is known about Aureli's life. He began his operatic career in 1652 with ''L'Erginda''. Until 1687, he worked as a librettist mainly in Venice, except for a brief trip to Vienna. In Venice he was a member of the ''Accademia degli Imperfetti'' and perhaps also of the ''
Accademia degli Incogniti The Accademia degli Incogniti (Academy of the Unknowns), also called the Loredanian Academy, was a learned society of freethinking intellectuals, mainly noblemen, that significantly influenced the cultural and political life of mid-17th century Veni ...
''. From 1688 to 1694 he was, however, in the service of the Duke of Parma, during which time he wrote a dozen plays, almost all of which were subsequently set to music by the court composer
Bernardo Sabadini
Bernardo Sabadini (also known as Sabatini) (died November 26, 1718) was an Italian opera composer. He may have been a native of Venice. A number of his operas appear to have been revisions of works by other composers to an unknown extent. He die ...
. The last librettos were written in Venice and other cities of the Republic.
Work
His works include over 50 libretti, including:
* ''
Erismena
''Erismena'' is an opera in a prologue and three acts by Francesco Cavalli. First performed in Venice in 1655, it was designated as a ''dramma per musica''.
Libretto
The Italian libretto was by Aurelio Aureli, the only work by this writer for ...
'' (1655), set to music by
Francesco Cavalli
Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque music, Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverd ...
* ''Le fortune di Rodope e Damira'',
Pietro Andrea Ziani
Pietro Andrea Ziani (1616 in Venice 1684 in Naples) was an Italian organist and composer.Rappresentazione sacra: geistliches Musikdrama am Wiener Kaiserhof Richard Bletschacher - 1985 PIETRO ANDREA ZIANI Wurde am 21. 12. 1616 in Venedig getauft. ...
,
Venise (1657);
* ''Il Perseo'', set to music by , Venise, Teatro ai SS. Giovanni e Paolo, (1665);
* diverse versioni de ''L'Eliogabalo'', set to music by Giovanni Antonio Boretti and
Francesco Cavalli
Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque music, Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverd ...
(1668); and by (1670);
* ''La costanza di Rosmonda'', set to music by (1670);
* ''Alessandro Magno in Sidone'', set to music by
Marc'Antonio Ziani, Venise, Teatro Grimano ai Santi Giovanni e Paolo,
Carnaval 1679; Naples,
Royal Palace of Naples
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It was one of the four residences near Napl ...
, 6 November 1679, then Vicence, Teatro di Piazza, 1682, then under the title ''La Virtù Sublimata dal Grande, overo il Macedone continente'', Venise, Teatro di
Cannaregio
Cannaregio () is the northernmost of the six historic ''sestieri'' (districts) of Venice. It is the second largest ''sestiere'' by land area and the largest by population, with 13,169 people .
Isola di San Michele, the historic cemetery island, ...
, 1683; Padoue, Teatro Obizzi, 26 December 1706;
* ''Talestri innamorata d'Alessandro Magno'',
Bernardo Sabadini
Bernardo Sabadini (also known as Sabatini) (died November 26, 1718) was an Italian opera composer. He may have been a native of Venice. A number of his operas appear to have been revisions of works by other composers to an unknown extent. He die ...
;
* ''La ninfa bizzarra'',
Marc'Antonio Ziani, Novo Teatro sulla Brenta,
Dolo
Dolo is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy. It is connected by the SP26 provincial road and is one of the towns of the Riviera del Brenta.
The growth of the town of Dolo is due to the gradual downsizing of th ...
(1657), (several times revived),
Rovigo
Rovigo (, ; egl, Ruig) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of Northeast Italy, the capital of the eponymous province.
Geography
Rovigo stands on the low ground known as Polesine, by rail southwest of Venice and south-southwest of P ...
, in 1706 under the title ''Gli amanti delusi'', Venise, in 1708 under the title ''Il cieco geloso'' set to music by Polani,
San Giovanni in Persiceto
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Located in the northern part of the Metropolitan City, bordering with the province ...
, in 1729 under thee title ''Amore e gelosia'' set to music by Buini; then taken over by
Johann Adolf Hasse
Johann Adolph Hasse (baptised 25 March 1699 – 16 December 1783) was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a co ...
);
* ''Rosane imperatrice degli Assirij'', Venice, end of the 17th century.
* ''Medea, ''Venise, 1675, music by Zanettini (ou Gianettini). This opera opened the Hangar du Quai aux Foins in Brussels on 24 January 1682, the precursor of
la Monnaie
The Royal Theatre of La Monnaie (french: Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, italic=no, ; nl, Koninklijke Muntschouwburg, italic=no; both translating as the "Royal Theatre of the Mint") is an opera house in central Brussels, Belgium. The National O ...
inaugurated in 1700.
Aureli Aurelio
on IMSLP
References
Further reading
* Anna Amalie Abert
Anna Amalie Abert or Anna Abert (19 September 1906 – 4 January 1996) was a German musicologist.
Life
Abert was born in Halle (Saale) in 1906.
Abert was the daughter of the music historian Hermann Abert. She studied with Hans Joachim Moser ...
: ''Aurelio Aureli'', in ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart
''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik (MGG)'' is one of the world's most comprehensive encyclopedias of music history and musicology, on account of its scope, content, wealth of research areas, and reference t ...
. Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik'', vol. 1, Kassel 1956, pp. 452–455.
* Aurelio Aureli and Marc'Antonio Ziani, ''Alessandro Magno in Sidone'', Padova
Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...
, CLEUP, 2013
* Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna, ''Illustri Muranesi richiamati alla memoria e offerti alla gentilissima signora Ludovica Bigaglia-Bertolini'', Venice, Tipografia Martinengo, 1858
* Claudio Mutini, ''Aurelio Aureli'' (s.v.), in ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
The ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'' ( en, Biographical Dictionary of the Italians) is a biographical dictionary published by the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, started in 1925 and completed in 2020. It includes about 40,000 biograp ...
'', Firenze, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1960.
External links
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Musicians from Venice
17th-century Venetian writers
Italian librettists
Date of birth unknown
Date of death missing