Antonio Maria Mazzoni

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Antonio Maria Mazzoni (born January 4, 1717 in Bologna , † December 8, 1785 ibid) was an Italian composer and singer .

Life

Mazzoni came from a humble background. He studied music in his hometown and received training as a singer. He made a name for himself as an opera composer and became a member of the Accademia Filarmonica . He then lived as Kapellmeister in Bologna, but also made frequent trips abroad, where his operas were performed with success. He worked at the court in Lisbon , where two of his theatrical works were successful at the Ópera do Tejo . As a refugee from the consequences of the earthquake of November 1, 1755, he came to Madrid , where he composed for the Spanish court. The court opera director Carlo Broschi ( Farinelli ) commissioned him to set the text book Il re pastore by Pietro Metastasio , which was successfully performed as Aminta in 1756. Following his stay in Madrid, he went to Saint Petersburg for an engagement , but Bologna remained the center of his life. He was one of the recognized musical personalities in his hometown.

In addition to his operas, numerous solfeggias , sketches for operas and oratorios have come down to us. He wrote in a catchy, easy to understand style.

Works

  • Il santo natale di Jesu Cristo (libretto by Pietro Metastasio ), 1735 in Bologna
  • Siroe, re di Persia , 1746 in Fano
  • L'Issipile , 1747 in Macerata
  • La Didone abbandonata , 1753 in Bologna
  • Demofoonte 1754 in Parma
  • Achille in Sciro 1754 in Piacenza, Teatro Ducale
  • Antigono 1755 in Lisbon
  • La clemenza di Tito (libretto by Pietro Metastasio), 1755 in Lisbon
    (the score was published: Lisboa: Of. Francisco Luis Ameno (trad.Fernando Lucas Alvim, pseud. Do impressor), 1755 and Lisboa: Of. Manoel Antonio Monteiro, 1761 )
  • Aminta (Il re pastore) (Libretto by Metastasio), 1756 in Madrid
  • Ifigenia in Tauride , 1756 in Treviso
  • Il re pastore , 1757 in Bologna
  • Il viaggiatore ridicolo , 1757 in Parma
  • Arianna e Teseo , 1758 in Naples, Teatro di San Carlo
  • L'Eumene , 1759 in Turin, Teatro Regio
  • Le stravaganze del caso , 1760 in Bologna
  • L'astuto ciarlatano , 1760 in Bologna
  • Adriano in Siria , 1760 in Venice, Teatro di San Giovanni Crisostomo
  • Il mercante fallito , 1762 in Rome, Teatro della Pace
  • Nitteti , 1764 in Naples, Teatro di San Carlo
  • L'Inglese in Italia , 1769 in Bologna

Literature and Portrait

  • Manuel Carlos de Brito, Opera in Portugal in the Eighteenth Century , in: Journal of the American Musicological Society, Vol. 44, No. 2 (Summer, 1991), pp. 332-343
  • Sterling A. Stoudemire, Metastasio in Spain , in: Hispanic Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, Crawford Memorial Number (Jan., 1941), pp. 184-191

A portrait of Mazzoni can be found in the Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale in Bologna (unknown painter of the 18th century, image no.107)

Web links

Commons : Antonio Maria Mazzoni  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of the stage works by Antonio Maria Mazzoni from Operone , accessed on September 26, 2014.
  2. ^ Achille in Sciro (Mazzoni) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
personal data
SURNAME Mazzoni, Antonio Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer and singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1717
PLACE OF BIRTH Bologna
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1785
Place of death Bologna