Giovanni Maria Pagliardi (1637–1702) was an Italian composer. He became de facto

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from 1690, but did not formally gain the title till the death of his predecessor, Pietro Sammartini.

Works

*''L'innocenza trionfante'', oratorio performed at Ss Annunziata, Genoa in 1660 *''Il Caligola delirante'', 3-act opera at Teatro SS Giovanni e Paolo in Venice; Giovanni Maria Pagliardi, libretto Domenico Gisberti - 1672 Venice, restaged 1680 *''Lisimaco'', text by Ivanovich 1673 *''Numa Pompilio'' 1674, Venice *''Lo speziale di villa'', Florence - probably not originally by Pagliardi *''Il finto chimico'' 1686, Florence *''Il pazzo per forza'' 1687, Pratolino, FlorenceRobert Lamar Weaver, Norma Wright Weaver ''A chronology of music in the Florentine theater, 1590-1750'' 1978 *''Il tiranno di Colco'' 1688 *''La serva favorita'' 1689 *''Il Greco in Troia'' 1689 *''Attilio Regolo'' 1693

Recordings

*''Caligula'' (DVD) selections from the opera - puppet staging 0' minby Mimmo Cuticchio and his puppet troop L'Opera dei Pupi; with music by Jan van Elsacker, Caroline Meng, Florian Götz, Jean-Francois Lombard, Sophie Junker, Serge Gougioud, Le Poeme Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre Alpha 2018

References

1637 births 1702 deaths {{Italy-composer-stub