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Gennaro Antonio Federico (died
Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, 1744) was a Neapolitan poet and opera librettist. He is best remembered for his collaborations with G. B. Pergolesi including La serva padrona.Guy A. Marco Opera: A Research and Information Guide - Page 268 113557801X - 2002 Librettist Gennaro Federico used a colloquial Italian text in his earlier Lo frate 'nnamorato, but he did not write dialect in La serva padrona. Nevertheless, he was able to delineate the fairly complex character of Serpina through nuances of ...


Libretti

*''La Zita'' (opera buffa; set by Costantino Roberto 1731) *''
Lo frate 'nnamorato ''Lo frate 'nnamorato'' (Neapolitan: ''The Brother in Love'') is a three-act ''commedia per musica'' (a form of ''opera buffa'') by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, to a Neapolitan libretto by Gennaro Antonio Federico, first performed in 1732. Comp ...
'' (commedia musicale; set by
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Giovanni Battista Draghi (; 4 January 1710 – 16 or 17 March 1736), often referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (), was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and organist. His best-known works include his Stabat Mater and the opera ''L ...
1732) *''L'Ippolita'' (opera buffa; set by Nicola Conti 1733) *''L'Ottavio'' (commedia per musica; set by Gaetano Latilla 1733 , set by
Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (9 December 1728 – 19 November 1804) was an Italian opera composer of the classical period. Biography Guglielmi was born into the Guglielmi family of musicians in Massa. His father, Jacopo Guglielmi, was a comp ...
1760) *'' La serva padrona'' (intermezzo; set by
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Giovanni Battista Draghi (; 4 January 1710 – 16 or 17 March 1736), often referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (), was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and organist. His best-known works include his Stabat Mater and the opera ''L ...
1733, set by Girolamo Abos 1744, set by
Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (9 December 1728 – 19 November 1804) was an Italian opera composer of the classical period. Biography Guglielmi was born into the Guglielmi family of musicians in Massa. His father, Jacopo Guglielmi, was a comp ...
1780, Giovanni Paisiello 1781 ) *''Gl'Ingannati'' (commedia per musica; set by Gaetano Latilla, 1734) *''La marina de Chiaja'' (chelleta, revision of an earlier libretto; set by
Pietro Pulli Pietro is an Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: People * Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice * Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his death * Pietro II Can ...
, 1734) *''
Il Flaminio ''Il Flaminio'' is a 1735 opera buffa by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to a Neapolitan libretto by Gennaro Antonio Federico, first performed at the Teatro Nuovo, Naples. Untypically in Pergolesi's difficult and short career the opera was an immedi ...
'' (commedia per musica; set by
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Giovanni Battista Draghi (; 4 January 1710 – 16 or 17 March 1736), often referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (), was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and organist. His best-known works include his Stabat Mater and the opera ''L ...
1735 ) *''Il Filippo'' (opera buffa; set by Costantino Roberto 1735 ) *''I due baroni'' (opera buffa; set by
Giuseppe Sellitto Giuseppe Sellitto or Sellitti (Naples, 1700-1777) was an Italian opera composer. He is remembered for his Egyptian opera ''Nitocri'', and intermezzi including ''Il Cinese rimpatriato'' and ''La Franchezza delle donne''.Gordana Lazarevich ''The Role ...
1736 ) *''La Rosaura'' (opera buffa; set by
Domenico Sarro Domenico Natale Sarro, also Sarri (24 December 1679 – 25 January 1744) was an Italian composer. Born in Trani, Apulia, he studied at the Neapolitan conservatory of S. Onofrio. He composed extensively in the early 18th century. His opera ''Didon ...
, 1736) *''La Teodora'' (opera sacra; set by Papebrochio Fungoni, 1737) *''Gismondo'' (commedia per musica; set by Gaetano Latilla, 1737) *''Da un disordine nasce un ordine'' (opera buffa; set by
Vincenzo Legrenzio Ciampi Vincenzo Legrenzo Ciampi (2 April 1719 – 30 March 1762) was an Italian composer. He is best known today for a work that cannot be certainly ascribed to his pen, the song "Tre giorni son che Nina in letto senesta", formerly called Pergolesi's "Nin ...
, 1737) *''Il conte'' (dramma giocoso per musica; set by
Leonardo Leo Leonardo Leo (5 August 1694 – 31 October 1744), more correctly Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, was a Baroque composer. Biography Leo was born in San Vito degli Schiavoni (currently known as San Vito dei Normanni, province of Brindisi) in ...
1738 ) *''Inganno per inganno'' (opera buffa; set by
Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino (1698 – c.1765) was an Italian composer who is best known for his operas. Biography He was born at Bitonto (Province of Bari) in the Apulia region and was a pupil of Giovanni Veneziano and Giuliano Perugino at the ...
, 1738) *''La locandiera'' (scherzo comico per musica; set by
Pietro Auletta Pietro Antonio Auletta (1698–1771) was an Italian composer known mainly for his operas. His opera buffa ''Orazio'' gained popularity after being mis-attributed to Pergolesi Pergolesi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Giov ...
, 1738) *''Ortensio'' (commedia per musica; set by
Giovan Gualberto Brunetti Giovan Gualberto Brunetti (Pistoia, 24 April 1706 – Pisa, 20 May 1787) was an Italian composer. Biographical Information Giovan Gualberto Brunetti studied violin with Atto Gherardeschi in Pistoia, and beginning in 1723 was the student of Giova ...
, 1739) *''
Amor vuol sofferenza ''Amor vuol sofferenza'' is a 1739 commedia per musica in three acts by Leonardo Leo to a libretto by Antonio Federico Gennaro (d.1744). It was first performed at Naples, Teatro Nuovo. Leo was working on a revision to be entitled ''La finta Frascat ...
'' (commedia per musica; set by
Leonardo Leo Leonardo Leo (5 August 1694 – 31 October 1744), more correctly Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, was a Baroque composer. Biography Leo was born in San Vito degli Schiavoni (currently known as San Vito dei Normanni, province of Brindisi) in ...
1739, and by
Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino (1698 – c.1765) was an Italian composer who is best known for his operas. Biography He was born at Bitonto (Province of Bari) in the Apulia region and was a pupil of Giovanni Veneziano and Giuliano Perugino at the ...
come ''La finta frascatana'', 1751) *''La Beatrice'' (opera buffa; set by
Vincenzo Legrenzio Ciampi Vincenzo Legrenzo Ciampi (2 April 1719 – 30 March 1762) was an Italian composer. He is best known today for a work that cannot be certainly ascribed to his pen, the song "Tre giorni son che Nina in letto senesta", formerly called Pergolesi's "Nin ...
, 1740) *'' L'Alidoro'' (commedia per musica; set by
Leonardo Leo Leonardo Leo (5 August 1694 – 31 October 1744), more correctly Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, was a Baroque composer. Biography Leo was born in San Vito degli Schiavoni (currently known as San Vito dei Normanni, province of Brindisi) in ...
, 1740; set by
Matteo Capranica Matteo Capranica (26 August 1708 – c. 1776) was an Italian composer. Born in Amatrice, Capranica studied at the Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio a Porta Capuana in Naples under Nicola Porpora, Ignazio Prota, and Francesco Feo. After completing his ...
come ''L'Aurelio'', 1748) *''L'Alessandro'' (commedia per musica; set by
Leonardo Leo Leonardo Leo (5 August 1694 – 31 October 1744), more correctly Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, was a Baroque composer. Biography Leo was born in San Vito degli Schiavoni (currently known as San Vito dei Normanni, province of Brindisi) in ...
, 1741) *''La Lionara'' (opera buffa; set by
Vincenzo Legrenzio Ciampi Vincenzo Legrenzo Ciampi (2 April 1719 – 30 March 1762) was an Italian composer. He is best known today for a work that cannot be certainly ascribed to his pen, the song "Tre giorni son che Nina in letto senesta", formerly called Pergolesi's "Nin ...
1742, and
Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino (1698 – c.1765) was an Italian composer who is best known for his operas. Biography He was born at Bitonto (Province of Bari) in the Apulia region and was a pupil of Giovanni Veneziano and Giuliano Perugino at the ...
1743 ) *''Il fantastico od Il nuovo Chisciotte'' (commedia per musica after Miguel de Cervantes; set by
Leonardo Leo Leonardo Leo (5 August 1694 – 31 October 1744), more correctly Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, was a Baroque composer. Biography Leo was born in San Vito degli Schiavoni (currently known as San Vito dei Normanni, province of Brindisi) in ...
, 1743) *''Il copista burlato'' (commedia; set by Antonio Sacchini, 1759)


References

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