Silvio Stampiglia (14 March 1664 – 27 January 1725) was an Italian poet, librettist, and founder member of the

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under the pen name of Palemone Licurio. Numerous Italian composer set his libretti to music, particularly Carlo Agostino Badia and

Giovanni Bononcini Giovanni Bononcini (or Buononcini) (18 July 1670 – 9 July 1747) (sometimes cited also as Giovanni Battista Bononcini) was an Italian Baroque composer, cellist, singer and teacher, one of a family of string players and composers. Biography E ...

Life

Stampiglia was born in Civita Lavinia, and died in

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Works

Poetry

Libretti

Operas *''Eraclea, o vero Il ratto delle Sabine'' (

pasticcio In music, a ''pasticcio'' or ''pastiche'' is an opera or other musical work composed of works by different composers who may or may not have been working together, or an adaptation or localization of an existing work that is loose, unauthorized, o ...

; set by

, 1692) *''Xerse'' (set by

, 1694) *''Tullo Ostilio'' (

, 1694) *''Muzio Scevola'' (

, 1695) *'' Il trionfo di Camilla regina de Volsci'' (set by

, 1696) - one of Bononcini and Stampiglia's greatest successes. *''La caduta dei Decemviri'' (set by Francesco Ballarotti, 1699; and Gaetano Andreozzi as ''Virginia'', 1787) *''Turno Aricino'' (set by Giuseppe Antonio Vincenzo Aldrovandini, 1702) *''L'incoronazione di Dario'' (set by Giuseppe Antonio Vincenzo Aldrovandini, 1705) *''Etearco'' (

, 1707) *''Turno Aricino'' (

, 1707) *''Mario fuggitivo'' (

, 1708) *''Abdolomino'' (

, 1709) *''La Partenope'' (set by Giuseppe Boniventi, 1709) *''Caio Gracco'' (

, 1710) Serenatas *''La nemica d'Amore'' (set by

, 1692) *''La nemica d'Amore fatta amante'' (set by

, 1693) *''La costanza non gradita nel doppio amore d'Aminta'' (

, 1694) *''La notte festiva'' (

, 1695) *''Amore non vuol diffidenza'' (

, 1695) *''Amor per amore'' (

, 1696) *''La gara delle antiche eroine ne' campi Elisi'' (set by Attilio Ariosti, 1707 *''Endimione'' favola per musica (

, 1706) ''Componimenti'' *''Napoli ritornata ai romani'' (set by Carlo Agostino Badia, 1707) *''Il natale di Giunone festeggiato in Samo'' (set by

, 1708) *''La presa di Tebe'' (set by Bononcini's brother

Antonio Maria Bononcini Antonio Maria Bononcini (18 June 1677 – 8 July 1726) was an Italian cellist and composer, the younger brother of the better-known Giovanni Bononcini. Bononcini was born and died at Modena in Italy. Like his brother, he studied with Giovanni Pa ...

, 1708) *''Li sagrifici di Romolo per la salute di Roma'' (

, 1708) *''L'arrivo della gran madre degli dei in Roma'' (

, 1713) Oratorio Music survives for five of the oratorios: *''Il martirio di' S. Adriano'' (set by Francesco Antonio Pistocchi, 1692) *''San Nicola di Bari'' (set by

, 1693)Les Muffatti dir. Peter Van Heyghen, Ramée RAM 0806, 2008 *''Il pentimento di Davide'' (set by Carlo Agostino Badia, 1708) *''Il martirio de' Maccabei'' (set by Carlo Agostino Badia, 1709) *''La Giuditta'' (set by Carlo Agostino Badia, 1710) *''L’interciso'' (set by

, 1711) :''Adapted from the listing at Italian Wikipedia''

References

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