Antonio Palomba
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Antonio Palomba was an Italian opera
librettist
, poet
, harpsichord
ist, and music educator. He also worked as a notary
. Born in Naples, he became a teacher of the harpsichord at the Teatro della Pace in 1749. Most of his more than 50 opera libretti were comedic works written for composers of the Neapolitan school. He also wrote some works for performance in Florence, Bologna and abroad. He died in Naples in 1769; one of the victims of a fever epidemic in the city. Many of his libretti were set more than once to music, and composers continued to use his libretti up into the 1830s.
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
librettist
Libretto
A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata, or musical. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata, or even the story line of a...
, poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, harpsichord
Harpsichord
A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed.In the narrow sense, "harpsichord" designates only the large wing-shaped instruments in which the strings are perpendicular to the keyboard...
ist, and music educator. He also worked as a notary
Notary
A notary is a lawyer or person with legal training who is licensed by the state to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents...
. Born in Naples, he became a teacher of the harpsichord at the Teatro della Pace in 1749. Most of his more than 50 opera libretti were comedic works written for composers of the Neapolitan school. He also wrote some works for performance in Florence, Bologna and abroad. He died in Naples in 1769; one of the victims of a fever epidemic in the city. Many of his libretti were set more than once to music, and composers continued to use his libretti up into the 1830s.
1730-1739
- Li dispiette amoruse (Autumn 1731, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Michele GabelloneMichele GabelloneMichele Gabellone was an Italian composer best known for his operas.-Operas:*La Cantarina Michele Gabellone (also spelled Cabalone, Caballone, Cabelone, Cabellone, Gabbalone) (November 1692, Naples - 19 January 1740, Naples) was an Italian composer best known for his operas.-Operas:*La Cantarina...
) - Lo creduto infedele (1735, Naples, Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino)
- Il Carlo (1736, Naples, Matteo CapranicaMatteo CapranicaMatteo Capranica 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 studies he worked as maestro di cappella at various churches in Naples and...
) - La Camilla (1737, Naples, Ignazio ProtaIgnazio ProtaIgnazio Prota was an Italian composer and music educator. He was the father of composer Tommaso Prota and the grandfather of composer Gabriele Prota....
) - L'errore amoroso (1737, Naples, Niccolò JommelliNiccolò JommelliNiccolò Jommelli was an Italian composer. He was born in Aversa and died in Naples. Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France, he made important changes to opera and reduced the importance of star singers.-Early life:Jommelli was born to Francesco Antonio Jommelli and...
) - Il Marchese Sgrana (1738, Naples, Pietro AulettaPietro AulettaPietro Antonio Auletta was an Italian composer mainly known for his operas....
) - La Matilde (Winter 1739, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Gioacchino CocchiGioacchino CocchiGioacchino Cocchi was an Italian composer.He was particularly famous for his theatre music . His first works were performed at Naples and Rome. From 1750 to 1757 he stayed in Venice, where he became chapel master of the Ospedale degli Incurabili . He also taught composition to Andrea Luchesi...
)
1740-1749
- Gl'intrichi delle cantarine (CarnivalCarnivalCarnaval is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnaval typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party...
1740, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Domènech TerradellasDomènech TerradellasDomènec Terradellas was a Spanish opera composer, although all his works were thoroughly Italian in style. Born in Barcelona, the son of a day laborer, his early musical training is unknown...
) - Li travestimenti amorosi (10 July 1740, Teatro del Palazzo Reale di Napoli, Naples, Davide Perez)
- L'Origille (8 December 1740, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Antonio PalellaAntonio PalellaAntonio Palella was an Italian composer and harpsichordist.-Recording:*1 concerto in Neapolitan Flute Concertos, Auser Musici, Carlo Ipata, director, Hyperion CDA67784...
) - Il trionfo del valore (1741, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Nicola PorporaNicola PorporaNicola Porpora was an Italian composer of Baroque operas and teacher of singing, whose most famous singing student was the castrato Farinelli. One of his other students was composer Matteo Capranica.-Biography:Porpora was born in Naples...
) - La violante (1741, Naples, Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino; after L'amor costante by Pietro Auletta)
- Le due zingare simili (1742, Naples, Girolamo AbosGirolamo AbosGirolamo Abos, last name also given Avos or d'Avossa and baptized Geronimo Abos , was a Maltese-Italian composer of both operas and church music....
) - Il geloso (1743, Naples, Girolamo Abos)
- Il giramondo (Spring of 1743, Florence, Teatro di Via del Cocomero, Leonardo LeoLeonardo LeoLeonardo Leo , more correctly Lionardo Oronzo Salvatore de Leo, was an Italian Baroque composer.-Biography:...
) - Don Saverio (Spring of 1744, Venice, Giuseppe Avossa)
- La fedeltà odiata (Spring of 1744, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Leonardo Leo)
- L'amante tradito (Summer of 1744, Brescia, music by various composers)
- L'Elisa (Fall of 1744, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Gioacchino Cocchi)
- L'amore ingegnoso (1745, Naples, Vincenzo Legrenzio Ciampi)
- La moglie gelosa (1745, Naples, Girolamo Abos)
- L'Eugenia (1745, Naples, Matteo Capranica)
- L'errore amoroso (Carnival 1745, Teatro S. Lucia, Palermo, Davide Pérez)
- La maestra (Carnival 1747, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Gioacchino Cocchi)
- La Faustina (Carnival 1747, Naples, Geronimo Cordella)
- La mogliere traduta (Spring of 1747, Teatro della Pace, Naples, Nicola Calandro)
- Il barone di Vignalomba (1747, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Gaetano LatillaGaetano LatillaGaetano Latilla was an Italian opera composer, the most important of the period immediately preceding Niccolò Piccinni .Latilla was born in Bari, and studied at the Loreto Conservatory in Naples...
) - La Costanza (1747, Naples, Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino)
- Li despiette d'ammore (1748, Naples, Acts 1 and 2 by Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, Act 3 by Nicola Calandro)
- L'amore in maschera (1748, Naples, Niccolò Jommelli)
- Lo chiacchiarone (1748, Naples, Pietro Comes)
- La scuola moderna o sia la maestra di buon gusto (Fall 1748, Venice, revised version of La maestra, Gioacchino Cocchi)
- Monsieur Petitone (1749, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Antonio Corbisiero)
- La serva bacchettona (Spring 1749, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Gioacchino Cocchi)
- La Celia (Autumn 1749, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Gaetano Latilla)
1750-1759
- L'amor comico (1750, Naples, Giuseppe Sellitto)
- La Gismonda (Spring 1750, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Gioacchino Cocchi)
- Bernardone (Carnival 1750, Teatro privato Valguarner, Palermo, Gioacchino Cocchi)
- Il chimico (23 September 1750, Teatro de Santa Creu, Barcelona, Giuseppe Scolari)
- Il gioco de' matti (Autumn 1750, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Gaetano Latilla)
- La villana nobile (1751, Palermo, Niccolò Jommelli)
- Amore figlio del piacere (1751, Naples, Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino and Giuseppe Ventura)
- La Griselda (1752, Naples, Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino)
- Gl'inganni per amore (1752, Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Nicola ConfortoNicola ConfortoNicola Conforto was an Italian composer....
) - L'Orazio (19 September 1752, Académie Royale de MusiqueAcadémie Royale de MusiqueThe Salle Le Peletier was the home of the Paris Opera from 1821 until the building was destroyed by fire in 1873. The theatre was designed and constructed by the architect François Debret on the site of the former Hôtel de Choiseul...
, Paris, Pietro AulettaPietro AulettaPietro Antonio Auletta was an Italian composer mainly known for his operas....
) - La Costanza (Winter 1752, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Tommaso TraettaTommaso TraettaTommaso Michele Francesco Saverio Traetta was an Italian composer.-Biography:Traetta was born in Bitonto, a town near Bari, near the top of the heel of the boot of Italy. He eventually became a pupil of the composer, singer and teacher Nicola Porpora in Naples, and scored a first success with his...
) - L'Olindo (1753, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Niccolò Conti and Matteo Capranica)
- La schiava amante (1753, Naples, Matteo CapranicaMatteo CapranicaMatteo Capranica 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 studies he worked as maestro di cappella at various churches in Naples and...
) - La clemenza di Tito (3 January 1753, Teatro Formagliari, Bologna, Michelangelo Valentini)
- La scaltra governatrice (25 January 1753, Académie Royale de Musique, Paris, final revision of La maestra, Gioacchino Cocchi)
- La serva astuta (Spring 1753, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Gioacchino Cocchi and Pasquale ErrichelliPasquale ErrichelliPasquale Errichelli was an Italian composer and organist based in the city of Naples. Trained at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini, his compositional output consists of 7 operas, 2 cantatas, 1 symphony, 3 sonatas, several concert arias, and the oratorio Gerosolina protetta...
) - Il finto turco (Winter 1753, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Gioacchino Cocchi and Pasquale Errichelli)
- La commediante (Carnival 1754, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Nicola Conforto)
- Le donne dispettose (or: Le trame per amore; La massara spiritosa) (Autumn 1754, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Niccolò PiccinniNiccolò PiccinniNiccolò Piccinni was an Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera. Although he is somewhat obscure, even to music lovers today, Piccinni was one of the most popular composers of opera—particularly the Neapolitan opera buffa—of his day...
) - L'amore alla moda (1755, Naples, Giuseppe Sellitto)
- La Rosmonda (1755, Naples, Tommaso Traetta, Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, and Carlo CecereCarlo CecereCarlo Cecere was an Italian composer of operas, concertos and instrumental duets including, for examples, some mandolin duets and a concerto for mandolin. Cecere worked in the transitional period between the Baroque and Classical eras of music.-Life:Surprisingly little is known about his life,...
) - La madamigella (1755, Naples, possibly Giuseppe ScarlattiGiuseppe ScarlattiGiuseppe Scarlatti was a composer of opere serie and opere buffe. He worked in Rome from 1739 to 1741, and from 1752 to 1754 in Florence, Pisa, Lucca and Turin. From 1752 to 1754, and again from 1756 to 1759, he worked in Venice and for short periods in Milan and Barcelona...
) - Il curioso del suo proprio danno (Carnival 1755 or 1756, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Niccolò Piccinni)
- La fante furba (Autumn 1756, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Tommaso Traetta)
- Il chimico (1757, Venice, Vincenzo Legrenzio Ciampi)
- La clemenza di Tito (1757, Venice, Vincenzo Legrenzio Ciampi)
- La fante di buon gusto (1758, Naples, Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino)
- Madama Arrighetta (or Monsieur Petitone) (Autumn 1758, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Niccolò Piccinni)
- La scaltra letterata (Winter 1758, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Niccolò Piccinni)
- La ricca locandiera (Carnival 1759, Teatro Capranica, Rome, Pietro Alessandro GuglielmiPietro Alessandro GuglielmiPietro Alessandro Guglielmi was an Italian opera composer.Guglielmi was born in Massa. He received his first musical education from his father, and afterwards studied under Francesco Durante at the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto at Naples...
) - Il finto pastorello (1759, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Vincenzo Orgitano)
1760-1769
- L'Origille (Spring 1760, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Niccolò Piccinni)
- I due soldati (Winter 1760, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi)
- Il curioso imprudente (Autumn 1761, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Niccolò Piccinni)
- La furba burlata (Summer 1762, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Giacomo InsanguineGiacomo InsanguineGiacomo Antonio Francesco Paolo Michele Insanguine was an Italian composer, organist, and music educator....
) - La donna di tutti i caratteri (Autumn 1762, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi)
- Il cavalier parigino (Winter 1762, Naples, Niccolo Piccinni)
- Lo sposo di tre e marito di nessuna, 1763, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Pasquale AnfossiPasquale AnfossiBonifacio Domenico Pasquale Anfossi was an Italian opera composer. Born in Taggia, Liguria, he studied with Niccolò Piccinni and Antonio Sacchini, and worked mainly in London, Venice and Rome....
and Pietro Alessandro GuglielmiPietro Alessandro GuglielmiPietro Alessandro Guglielmi was an Italian opera composer.Guglielmi was born in Massa. He received his first musical education from his father, and afterwards studied under Francesco Durante at the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto at Naples...
) - Monsieur Petitone (Spring 1763 Neapel, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Giacomo Insanguine)
- La giocatrice bizzarra (Spring 1764, Naples, Gaspare Gabellone and Giacomo Insanguine)
- La donna vana (November 1764, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Niccolò Piccinni)
- Il ciarlone (1765, Milan, Giuseppe Scolari)
- Madama l'umorista o Gli stravaganti (26 January 1765, Teatro Rangoni, Modena, Giovanni PaisielloGiovanni PaisielloGiovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era.-Life:Paisiello was born at Taranto and educated by the Jesuits there. He became known for his beautiful singing voice and in 1754 was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at Naples, where he studied under Francesco Durante, and...
) - La vedova capricciosa (Carnival 1765, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Giacomo Antonio Insanguine) *L'incostante; (or: Il volubile; La capricciosa) (February 1766, Teatro Capranica, Rome, Niccolò Piccinni)
- Le quattro malmaritate (Carnival 1766, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Giacomo Antonio Insanguine)
- Lo spirito di contradizioneLo spirito di contradizioneLo spirito di contradizione is an opera buffa in three acts by Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi.Guglielmi contributed a large part of the music to Pasquale Anfossi's 1763 opera Lo sposo di tre e marito di nessuna, which had a Neapolitan libretto by Antonio Palomba...
(Carnival 1766, Teatro San MoisèTeatro San MoisèThe Teatro San Moisè was an opera house in Venice, active from 1640 to 1818. It was in a prominent location near the Palazzo Giustinian and the church of San Moisè at the entrance to the Grand Canal....
, Venice, Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi} - I matrimoni per dispetto (1767, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Pasquale Anfossi)
- Monsieur Petiton (1768, Großwardein, Carl Ditters von DittersdorfCarl Ditters von Dittersdorf----August Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf was an Austrian composer, violinist and silvologist.-1739-1764:...
)
1770-1799
- Il maestro di cappella (31 December 1771, BurgtheaterBurgtheaterThe Burgtheater , originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg, then until 1918 as the K.K. Hofburgtheater, is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna and one of the most important German language theatres in the world.The Burgtheater was created in 1741 and has become known as "die Burg" by the...
, Vienna, Florian Johann DellerFlorian Johann DellerFlorian Johann Deller was an Austrian composer and violinist.-Life:...
) - La donna di tutti caratteri (January 1775, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Domenico CimarosaDomenico CimarosaDomenico Cimarosa was an Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school...
) - La locandiera strega (Carnival 1778, Cosenza, Giacomo Antonio Insanguine)
- I vecchi burlati (27 March 1783, King's TheatreKing's TheatreKing's Theatre may refer to:* Her Majesty's Theatre, London* King's Theatre, Edinburgh* King's Theatre, Glasgow* King's Theatre Pantomime, Glasgow* Kings Theatre, Southsea* King's Theatre a thoroughbred racehorse....
, London, Pasquale Anfossi) - Gli sposi in commedia (1784, Teatro Ducale, Piacenza, Pasquale Anfossi)
- La grotta do Trofonio (spring 1785, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Giovanni PaisielloGiovanni PaisielloGiovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era.-Life:Paisiello was born at Taranto and educated by the Jesuits there. He became known for his beautiful singing voice and in 1754 was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at Naples, where he studied under Francesco Durante, and...
) - I zingari in fiera (21 November 1789, Teatro del FondoTeatro del FondoThe Teatro del Fondo is a theatre in Naples, now known as the Teatro Mercadante. Together with the Teatro San Carlo, it was originally one of the two royal opera houses of the 18th and 19th-century city....
, Naples, Giovanni Paisiello) - Le gare generose (spring 1786, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Giovanni Paisiello)
- Il fanatico per gli antichi romani (1792, Padua, Antonio CalegariAntonio CalegariAntonio Calegari was an Italian baroque composer. His oratorio La risurrezione di Lazzaro 1779, was recorded under Filippo Maria Bressan in 2000....
) - L'inganno felice (Winter 1798, Neapel, Teatro del Fondo, Naples, Giovanni Paisiello)
1800-1839
- Griselda (Carnival 1800, Teatro S. Cecilia, Palermo, Valentino FioravantiValentino FioravantiValentino Fioravanti was a celebrated Italian composer of opera buffas.One of the best opera buffa composers between Domenico Cimarosa and Gioacchino Rossini. He was especially popular in Naples, and was the first in Italy to introduce spoken dialogue in the French manner in his works, sometimes...
) - Il maestro di cappella (March 1818, Teatro Nuovo, Triest, Vincenzo PucittaVincenzo PucittaVincenzo Pucitta was a nineteenth-century Italian composer. Born in Civitavecchia, he wrote more than 20 operas during his career. One of his works, La Vestale, after its premiere in London , was also sung in Lisbon , Milan and Rio de Janeiro...
) - I due furbi (1835, Naples, Giacomo Cordella)
- I vecchi burlati (Carnival 1839, Teatro Fenaroli, Chieti, Valentino Fioravanti)