Matteo Fischetti (28 February 1830 – December 1887) was an Italian pianist and composer active in

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 ...

Life and career

Born in

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, Fischetti studied piano from the age of six in his native city. He was then sent to Naples to study piano under Michele Cerimele and composition under a number of teachers including Giovanni Moretti and

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. He composed over 200 pieces of instrumental and vocal music as well as three operas, all of which premiered in Naples. When the composer

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fell on hard times, a group of his friends produced the ''Album Fioravanti'' in 1864 at their own cost to be sold for his benefit. Compiled by Fischetti, it contained a biography of Fioravanti and facsimile reproductions of the autograph scores for three of his unpublished arias as well as pieces donated by Fischetti and his fellow composer

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. Fischetti's most popular opera was ''Aida di Scafati'' (Aida of

Scafati Scafati () is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno, in the Campania region of southern Italy. Geography Scafati is situated on the river Sarno. Under the bridge over the river into the village, the Sarno divides into a primary and tw ...

), a parody of Verdi's ''

Aida ''Aida'' (or ''Aïda'', ) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 December ...

''. It was performed over 100 times in Naples and revived in other Italian cities for many years. It was given its first performance in modern times in October 2014 in a production organized by the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella. In his later years Fischetti also taught piano and composition. He died in Naples at the age of 57.Champlin, John Denison and Apthorp, William Foster (eds.) (1889)
"Fischetti, Matteo Luigi"
''Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians'', Vol. II, pp. 72–73. C. Scribner's Sons''Il Giornale della Musica'' (9 October 2014)
"Aida è Napoletana"
Retrieved 26 June 2017 .

Operas

*''Aida di Scafati'' (comic opera in a prologue and three acts); libretto by Enrico Campanelli; premiered Teatro Fenice, Naples, 11 June 1873Caputo, M. C. (1875)
''Annuario generale della musica''
p. 89. Salvatore de Angelis *''La sorrentina'' (comic opera in three acts); libretto by Ernesto La Pegna; premiered Teatro Fenice, Naples, 6 September 1873 *''Un'altra figlia di Madama Angot'' (comic opera in three acts); libretto by Enrico Campanelli; premiered Teatro Mercadante, Naples, 17 May 1874

References

External links

Scores by Fischetti
at the

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