Luigi Arditi
Luigi Arditi (16 July 1822 – 1 May 1903) was an Italian violinist, composer and conductor.
Life
Arditi was born in
St. Petersburg, Vienna and Madrid. After 1885, he was in England, conducting at Covent Garden and in various prestigious theatres and promenade concerts
in London's parks.
He died at Hove, near Brighton (England); he is buried in Hove Cemetery.
Works
Arditi's best-known operas are: I Briganti, II Corsaro, and La Spia, ("The Spy"). In addition he wrote numerous songs and vocal
waltzes, the most popular of which are "Il Bacio" ("The Kiss", dedicated to Marietta Piccolomini, to a text specially written by baritone Gottardo Aldighieri),[1] "Le Tortorelle" ("The Doves", dedicated to Etelka Gerster), "Se Saran Rose" ("Rosebuds", also titled in English "Love in Springtime", dedicated to Adelina Patti
), and "Parla" ("Speak!").
His Inno Turco (1856) for Sultan
Emre Araci
with the Prague Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonic Choir, was released in 2005 by the Brilliant Classics label.
References
- Notes
- ^ Arditi, My Reminiscences, pp.68-70 and 325. Il bacio was to become famous as it was usually interpolated by Adelina Patti into the singing lesson in Act 2 of Rossini's The Barber of Seville (Luana D'Aguì, Bologna - Teatro Comunale: Il Barbiere di Siviglia, "OperaClick")
- Sources
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Luigi Arditi, My reminiscences, second edition, London, Skeffington, 1896 (accessible for free online at Internet Archive)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luigi Arditi.
- Free scores by Luigi Arditi at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Index at arditi.homestead.com
- World premiere recording of Inno Turco (1856) is featured on Emre Araci's Euro-Ottomania album released by Brilliant Classics
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