Alberto Mazzucato
Alberto Mazzucato (born July 28, 1813 in Udine , † December 31, 1877 in Milan ) was an Italian composer and music teacher.
Live and act
Mazzucato studied mathematics and music in Padua. In 1834 he made his debut as a composer with the opera La fidanzata di Lammermoor based on the novel by Walter Scott . Several other great operas followed, including Esmeralda after Victor Hugo (1838), I Corsari (1840) and Hernani (1843). After that he gave up the work as a composer in favor of his teaching activity.
From 1839 he was a singing teacher in the girls' class at the Milan Conservatory . In 1851 he became a composition teacher here, and from the following year he also taught music aesthetics and history. In 1872 he succeeded Lauro Rossi as director of the conservatory. His students included u. a. Antônio Carlos Gomes , Arrigo Boito and Carlotta Ferrari.
In addition, he worked 1854–55 as director and 1859–69 as concertmaster (maestro direttore e concertatore) at La Scala in Milan . From 1845 to 1858 he was also an employee of the Gazzetta musicale di Milano . He translated music theoretical works into Italian, including the Grand Traité d'instrumentation et d'orchestration modern by Hector Berlioz .
Works
Operas
- La fidanzata di Lammermoor (Libretto: Pietro Beltrame ), 1834
- Don Chisciotte (Libretto: Jacopo Crescini ), 1836
- Esmeralda (Libretto: Filippo De Boni after Victor Hugo), 1838
- Coro dei penitenti , incidental music for Parisina by Antonio Somma , 1838
- I corsari (libretto by Felice Romani ), 1840
- I due sergenti (libretto by Felice Romani), 1841
- Hernani (libretto by Domenico Bancalari ), 1843
- Luigi V re di Francia (libretto by Felice Romani), 1843, 1852
- 1st scene in the third act of the opera La vergine di Kermo by Carlo Pedrotti (libretto: Francesco Guidi ), 1870
- Fede (unfinished)
Church music
- Messa Solenne per soli, coro maschile e orchestra
swell
- Alberto Mazzucato at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- List of stage works by Alberto Mazzucato based on the MGG at Operone
- Opera Italiana - Scapigliature
- Andrea Lanza: Mazzucato, Alberto. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mazzucato, Alberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Udine |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1877 |
| Place of death | Milan |