Marcello Bernardini
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Marcello Bernardini was an Italian
composer and librettist
. Little is known of him, save that he wrote 37 operas in his career. His father was most likely the composer Rinaldo di Capua
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Italy
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composer and 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...
. Little is known of him, save that he wrote 37 operas in his career. His father was most likely the composer Rinaldo di Capua
Rinaldo di Capua
Rinaldo di Capua was an Italian composer. Little is known of him with any certainty, including his name, although he was known to Charles Burney...
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Operas
- La schiava astuta (intermezzo, 1765, Rome)
- La pescatrice (farsetta, 1768, Rome)
- Il Don Chisciotte della Mancia (dramma giocosoDramma giocosoDramma giocoso is the name of a genre of opera common in the mid-18th century. The term is a contraction of "dramma giocoso per musica" and is essentially a description of the text rather than the opera as a whole...
, libretto by Giovanni Battista LorenziGiovanni Battista LorenziGiovanni Battista Lorenzi was an Italian librettist. He was born and died in Giovanni Battista Lorenzi (1721–1807) was an Italian librettist. He was born and died in Giovanni Battista Lorenzi (1721–1807) was an Italian librettist. He was born and died in (Naples, and was a friend of...
, 1769, Turin) - Il cavaliere errante (farsetta, libretto by Marcello Bernardini, 1770, Rome)
- La donna di spirito (farsetta, libretto by Marcello Bernardini, after that for La vedova scaltra by Carlo GoldoniCarlo GoldoniCarlo Osvaldo Goldoni was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty...
, 1770, Rome) - La molinara astuta (intermezzo, 1770, Rome)
- Amore in musica (opera buffa, 1773, Rome)
- La contessina (dramma giocoso, libretto by Marco ColtelliniMarco ColtelliniMarco Coltellini was an Italian opera librettist and printer.He was probably born in Livorno and embarked on a career in the Church, but had to leave after fathering four daughters. He set up a printing shop in Livorno to publish the works of Enlightenment figures such as Francesco Algarotti and...
, after Carlo GoldoniCarlo GoldoniCarlo Osvaldo Goldoni was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty...
, 1773, Rome) - La bella forestiera ossia La viaggiatrice fortunata (farsetta, 1776, Rome)
- La finta sposa olandese (farsetta, 1777, Rome)
- L'isola incantata (intermezzo, 1778, Rome)
- L'ambizione delusa (intermezzo, 1779, Rome)
- Il bassà generoso (intermezzo, 1780, Rome)
- Il vecchio ringiovanito (intermezzo, 1781, Rome)
- Le vendette giocose ossia Il conte pasticcio (intermezzo, 1782, Rome)
- Il conte di bell'umore (intermezzo, 1783, Florence)
- La poetessa fanatica ossiano Li due gemelli (opera buffa, 1784, Rome)
- Li due Orfei (intermezzo, 1784, Rome)
- Le donne bisbetiche ossia L'antiquario fanatico (farsetta, libretto by Marcello Bernardini, 1785, Rome)
- Li muti per amore ossia La schiava fedele (farsetta, libretto by Marcello Bernardini, 1786, Florence)
- Gli amanti confusi ossia Il brutto fortunato (farsetta, 1786, Rome)
- La fonte d'aqua gialla ossia Il trionfo della pazzia (opera buffa, libretto by Marcello Bernardini, 1786, Rome)
- Barone a forza ossia il trionfo di Bacco (opera buffa, 1786, Florence)
- La fiera di Forlinpopoli (opera buffa, 1789, Rome)
- Gl'incontri stravaganti (opera buffa, 1790, Naples)
- L'ultima che si perde è la speranza (opera buffa, libretto by Francesco Saverio Zini, 1790, Naples)
- Il pazzo glorioso (opera buffa, libretto by Giovanni BertatiGiovanni BertatiGiovanni Bertati is an Italian librettist.In 1763, Bertati wrote his first libretto, La morte di Dimone , set to music by Antonio Tozzi. Two years later, L'isola della fortuna , based on Bertati's libretto and Andrea Luchesi's music, was performed in Vienna...
, 1790, Casalmaggiore) - Pizzarro nell'Indie (opera seria, 1791, Naples)
- L'allegria della campagna (opera buffa, 1791, Naples)
- L'amore per incanto (opera buffa, 1791, Naples)
- La statua per puntiglio (opera buffa, 1792, Venice)
- Il conte brillante (opera buffa, 1792, Varese)
- Achille in Sciro (opera seria, libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1794, Venice)
- La sposa polacca (dramma bernesco, libretto by Marcello Bernardini, 1796, Rome)
- Don Simoncino ossia Furberia e puntiglio (farsa giocosa, libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa, 1798, Venice)
- Le tre orfanelle ossia La scuola di musica (farsa, libretto by Giovanni BertatiGiovanni BertatiGiovanni Bertati is an Italian librettist.In 1763, Bertati wrote his first libretto, La morte di Dimone , set to music by Antonio Tozzi. Two years later, L'isola della fortuna , based on Bertati's libretto and Andrea Luchesi's music, was performed in Vienna...
, 1798, Venice) - Il muto per astuzia (farsa giocosa, libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa, 1799, Venice)