Vincenzo Grimani
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Vincenzo Grimani (15 May 1652 or 26 May 1655 – 26 September 1710) was an Italian cardinal, diplomat, and
librettist
.
Biography
Grimani was born either in
Teatro S Giovanni Grisostomo, which he owned, while the remainder of his family
owned several other Venetian opera houses.
Politically he was allied to the
Habsburg cause, and this alliance and his importance diplomatically to the Habsburgs led to him being made a cardinal in 1697. In 1708, he further received the honour of viceroyalty at Naples
, where he died.
His libretti are markedly different from the later moralizing tone of
Metastasio and Apostolo Zeno, whose ideas came to dictate opera seria. His libretto for Agrippina is marked out by its amorality and the domination of aria over recitative. His portrayal of the Emperor Claudius has been perceived as an oblique attack on the character of Pope Clement XI
. Grimani frequently clashed with Clement in the course of protecting the interests of the Habsburgs at the Vatican.
References
- Harris S. Saunders: "Grimani, Vincenzo", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (grovemusic.com, subscription access; accessed 5 December 2006).
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