Aurelio Aureli
Aurelio Aureli (Venice, before 1652 – id. after 1708) was an Italian
librettist
.
Life
Little is known about Aureli's life. He began his operatic career in 1652 with L'Erginda. Until 1687, he worked as a librettist mainly in Venice, except for a brief trip to Vienna. In Venice he was a member of the Accademia degli Imperfetti and perhaps also of the Accademia degli Incogniti.[1] From 1688 to 1694 he was, however, in the service of the Duke of Parma, during which time he wrote a dozen plays, almost all of which were subsequently set to music by the court composer Bernardo Sabadini. The last librettos were written in Venice and other cities of the Republic.[2]
Work
His works include over 50 libretti, including:[3]
- Erismena[4] (1655), set to music by Francesco Cavalli
- Le fortune di Rodope e Damira, Pietro Andrea Ziani, Venise (1657);
- Il Perseo, set to music by Andrea Mattioli, Venise, Teatro ai SS. Giovanni e Paolo, (1665);
- diverse versioni de L'Eliogabalo, set to music by Giovanni Antonio Boretti and Francesco Cavalli (1668); and by Pietro Simone Agostini (1670);
- La costanza di Rosmonda, set to music by Pietro Simone Agostini (1670);
- Alessandro Magno in Sidone, set to music by Carnaval 1679; Naples, Royal Palace of Naples, 6 November 1679, then Vicence, Teatro di Piazza, 1682, then under the title La Virtù Sublimata dal Grande, overo il Macedone continente, Venise, Teatro di Cannaregio, 1683; Padoue, Teatro Obizzi, 26 December 1706;
- Talestri innamorata d'Alessandro Magno, Bernardo Sabadini;
- La ninfa bizzarra, Johann Adolf Hasse);
- Rosane imperatrice degli Assirij, Venice, end of the 17th century.
- Medea, Venise, 1675, music by Zanettini (ou Gianettini). This opera opened the Hangar du Quai aux Foins in Brussels on 24 January 1682, the precursor of la Monnaie inaugurated in 1700.[5][6]
References
- ^ Aurelio Aureli on France Musique
- ^ AURELI, Aurelio on Treccani
- ^ Aurelio Aureli on Naxos
- ^ Erismera on Opera Baroque
- ^ Aureli Aurelio on Grove Music Online
- ^ Aureli Aurelio on IMSLP
Further reading
- Anna Amalie Abert: Aurelio Aureli, in Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik, vol. 1, Kassel 1956, pp. 452–455.
- Aurelio Aureli and Padova, CLEUP, 2013
- Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna, Illustri Muranesi richiamati alla memoria e offerti alla gentilissima signora Ludovica Bigaglia-Bertolini, Venice, Tipografia Martinengo, 1858
- Claudio Mutini, Aurelio Aureli (s.v.), in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Firenze, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1960.
External links
- Aurelio Aureli discography at Discogs
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