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Geminiano Giacomelli (sometimes Jacomelli) (28 May 1692 – 25 January 1740) was an Italian composer.


Biography

Giacomelli was born in
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. In 1724 he was named to the post of ''
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'' to the duke of
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. Beginning with the first performance of his opera ''Ipermestra'', in 1724, he became one of the most popular opera composers of his era. Between 1724 and 1740 he composed 19 operas. His best known opera is ''Cesare in Egitto'' of 1735. He also wrote a deal of sacred music, including eight
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settings for tenor and bass, and some concertos with continuo. In 1738 Giacomelli again became ''Kapellmeister'', this time at the
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in Loreto; he died in Loreto in 1740.


List of works


Operas

*''
Ipermestra ''Ipermestra'' is an opera libretto by Pietro Metastasio first set by Johann Adolph Hasse 8 January 1744, and in the November of the same year by Christoff Willibald Gluck. Plot The story is based on that of Hypermnestra (Ὑπερμνήστρα) i ...
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, 1724) *''
Catone in Utica ''Catone in Utica'' (; ) is an opera libretto by Metastasio, that was originally written for Leonardo Vinci's 1727 opera. Following Vinci's success, Metastasio's text was used by numerous composers of the baroque and classical eras for their ...
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1727; Teatro Ducale,
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, 1736) *''Scipione in Cartagine'' (
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, 1728) *''Zidiana'' (
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, 1728) *''Astianatte '' (
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, 1729) *''Gianguir'' (
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, 1729) *''Lucio Papirio dittatore'' (
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, 1729) *'' Scipione in Cartagine nuova'' (
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, 1730) *'' Semiramide riconosciuta'' (
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, 1730) *''Annibale'' (
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, 1731) *''Epaminonda'' (
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, 1732) *''Rosbale'' (
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, 1732) *''Alessandro Severo'' (
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, 1732) *''
Adriano in Siria ''Adriano in Siria'' (''Hadrian in Syria'') is a libretto by Italian poet Metastasio first performed, with music by Antonio Caldara, in Vienna in 1732, and turned into an opera by at least 60 other composers during the next century. Metastasio ...
'' (
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, 1733) *''Il Tigrane'' (
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, 1733) *''La caccia in Etolia'' (
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, 1733) *'' La Merope'' (
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, 1734) *''Artaserse'' (Teatro Pubblico,
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, 1734) *''Cesare in Egitto'' (
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, 1735) *''Nitocri, regina d'Egitto'' (
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, 1736) *''Arsace'' (
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, 1736) *'' Demetrio'' (Teatro Regio,
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, 1736) *''La costanza vincitrice in amore'' (dramma pastorale per musica –
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, 1738) *''Achille in Aulide'' (
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, 1739)


Pasticci

*''Lucio Papirio dittatore'' (music of Giacomelli and Handel) (King's Theatre, London, 1732) *''Circe'' (Theatre am Gänsemarkt,
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, 1734)


Recordings

*Giacomelli ''Fiamma vorace: Opera Arias'' Flavio Ferri-Benedetti (countertenor)
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. Pan Classics.


References


Sources

* * * * A. Della Corte and G.M. Gatti, ''Dizionario di musica'', Paravia, 1956, pag. 255


External links

* 1692 births 1740 deaths Italian Baroque composers Italian male classical composers Italian opera composers Male opera composers People from Piacenza 18th-century Italian composers 18th-century Italian male musicians {{Italy-composer-stub