Antonio Maria Lucchini

Antonio Maria Lucchini (also Luchini ; * around 1690 ?; † after 1730) was an Italian librettist .

Life

Lucchini belonged to the Venetian middle class . His first known libretto was performed in 1716 with music by Antonio Lotti . In 1717 Lucchini went to Dresden with Lotti and was employed there as a court librettist. Since Prince Elector Friedrich August II of Saxony did not count him among the first set of librettists, his main task was to write oratorios , serenades and cantatas as well as to edit existing libretti; however, he also wrote two of his own opera texts for Dresden, both of which were set to music by Lotti . Lucchini's stay in Dresden came to an abrupt end when he was embroiled in a woman scandal; he fled back to Italy and wrote seven more librettos for Venice and Rome from 1720 to 1730 .

style

Lucchini's abilities were probably underestimated by Friedrich August II; his style is conventional, but still in keeping with the times.

Works (selection)

• Foca superbo (1716), set to music by Lotti
• Tieteberga (1717), set to music by Vivaldi
• Giove in Argo (1717), set to music by Lotti and Handel
• Ascanio, overo Gli odi delusi dal sangue (1718), set to music by Lotti
• L'inganno tradito dall'amore (1720), set to music by Caldara
• Ermengarda (1723), set to music by Albinoni
• Gli sforzi d'ambizione e d'amore (1724), set to music by Porta
• Farnace (1724), set to music by Vinci and Vivaldi
• Dorilla in Tempe (1726), set to music by Vivaldi