Vincenzo Fabrizi (1764 – c. 1812) was an Italian composer of

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. Little is known of Fabrizi's life, perhaps because of his many journeys to various parts of Italy and Europe. He was born in

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in 1764 and studied under the guidance of

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. The Neapolitan

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of 1783 saw his first premiere: the intermezzo ''I tre gobbi rivali''. In 1786 he was appointed

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at the University of Rome and later, in the same city, became director of the

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. Some three years later Fabrizi began to travel further afield to put on his works, spending time in

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and

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. Of his works about fifteen opera buffe are known, largely composed during the years 1783–1788. Like

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and Francesco Gardi he composed a version of ''

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''. It premiered in Rome in 1787 under the title ''Il convitato di pietra''.

Works

''A list of Fabrizi’s known works, together with genre, librettist, and date and place of first performance'': *''I tre gobbi rivali'' (intermezzo, libretto by

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, 1783,

) *''La ncessità non ha legge'' (opera buffa, 1784,

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) *''I due castellani burlati'' (opera buffa, libretto by Filippo Livigni, 1785, Bologna) *''La sposa invisibile'' (intermezzo, 1786,

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) *''La contessa di Novara'' (opera buffa, libretto by

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, 1786,

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) *''L'amore per interesse'' (opera buffa, libretto by Giovanni Bertati, 1786,

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) *''Chi la fa l'aspetti ossia I puntigli di gelosia'' (opera buffa, libretto by Filippo Livigni, 1786,

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) *''La nobiltà villana'' (opera buffa, 1787, Rome) *''Gli amanti trappolieri'' (opera buffa, libretto by Giuseppe Palomba, 1787, Naples) *''Il convitato di pietra ossia il Don Giovanni'' (opera buffa, libretto by Giovanni Battista Lorenzi, 1787, Rome) *''Il viaggiatore sfortunato in amore'' (dramma giocoso, libretto by Bellani, 1787, Rome) *''Il caffè di Barcellona'' (opera buffa, 1788,

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) *''Il Colombo e La scoperata delle Indie'' (farsa per musica, 1788, Rome) *''L'incontro per accidente ossia Il maestro di cappella'' (opera buffa, libretto by Giovanni Maria Diodati, 1788, Naples) *''Impresario in rovina'' (dramma giocoso, libretto by Antonio Piazza, 1797,

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