1664–1725, Italian Stampiglia was one of the 14 founding members of the Accadamia dell’Arcadia (The Arcadian Academy). Although a Roman by birth, for many years Stampiglia was associated with operas in Naples, and did not always conform to Arcadian ideals despite being part of their circle. Stampiglia’s libretti are often ironic comedies in which conventional heroism is regarded ...
worst failures during his own time. It was only performed five times in its first run and Handel never revived it. Unusually among his operas, its libretto by Silvio Stampiglia (1664–1725) is warmly light-hearted and does not seriously concern itself with tragic events or heroic actions. The most famous aria, ‘Ombra mai fù’, portrays the King of Persia eloquently ...
c. 1670–1736, Italian Caldara was probably taught by Giovanni Legrenzi (1626–90) and was a choirboy at St Mark’s in Venice. His earliest operas were composed for Venice, while he was working as a cellist at St Mark’s. He was appointed maestro di cappella at Mantua to the last Gonzaga duke until about 1707, and then worked at Rome ...
was a huge success at Venice in 1695. Zeno continued to write more libretti, although he had reservations about it affecting his scholarly credibility. In 1718, Zeno replaced Stampiglia as imperial poet to the Viennese court of Emperor Charles VI, where he was also appointed imperial historiographer. Zeno wrote 35 opera libretti, including many in collaboration with ...
literary credibility of librettists was often questioned, Silvani was esteemed enough to have a collection of 24 libretti published posthumously. Introduction | Late Baroque | Opera Personalities | Silvio Stampiglia | Late Baroque | Opera ...
1670–1747, Italian Bononcini was orphaned at the age of eight, and moved to Bologna, where he studied music and was accepted into the Accademia Filarmonica in 1686. By 1692, Bononcini had moved to Rome, where he met Silvio Stampiglia. They collaborated on several operas, including Il trionfo di Camilla (‘The Triumph of Camilla’, 1696), which ...
Rome in 1700 attracted him to composing operas and oratorios. Most of Fux’s 18 operas are settings of libretti by Pietro Pariati (1665–1733), although he also set some texts by Stampiglia, Zeno and Metastasio. His greatest triumph was Costanza e Fortezza (1723), performed in Prague to celebrate his patron Charles VI’s coronation as King of Bohemia, although, owing ...
members adopted nicknames suitable for shepherds and nymphs, in an attempt to recreate the fabled pastoral paradise Arcadia, described in Greek mythology. Founder members included the librettist Silvio Stampiglia and Gian Vincenzo Gravina (the adoptive father of Metastasio). The Marcello brothers, Corelli and Scarlatti were also granted membership, and Zeno was the founder of an affiliated group ...
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