Antonio Smareglia
Antonio Smareglia (born May 5, 1854 in Pola (now Pula ) on the Istrian peninsula , † April 15, 1929 in Grado ) was an Italian composer.
Life
Smareglia was born in Pula, at the southern end of the Istrian peninsula, which then belonged to Austria-Hungary . In the meantime a museum about his life and work has been set up in his father's house in Via Nettuno. He was the sixth (but the first surviving) child of the Italian Francesco Smareglia, who came from Dignano , and the Croatian Giulia StIGE from Ičići . Smareglia married Maria Jetti Polla, with whom he had five children. At the age of 46 he went blind and from then on dictated his compositions to his sons Ariberto and Mario, as well as his students and friends Primo dalla Zonca , Gastone Zuccoli and Vito Levi .
With Nozze Istriane ( An Istrian Wedding ) he wrote an opera about his homeland in 1895, which is set in his father's birthplace.
Operas
- Caccia lontana (Giovanni Pozza) - Milan, August 10, 1875
- Preziosa (Angelo Zanardini after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , The Spanish Student ) - Milan, November 20, 1879
- Bianca da Cervia (Fulvio Fulgonio; d. I. Francesco Pozza) - Milan, February 7, 1882
- Re Nala (Vincenzo Valle after A. De Gubernatis, Il ritorno ) - Venice, February 9, 1887; destroyed by the composer
- Il vasallo di Szigeth ( Luigi Illica and Francesco Pozza) - as The Vassal of Szigeth in Vienna (October 4, 1889)
- Cornill Schut (Luigi Illica) - Prague, May 20, 1893; as Cornelius Schut in Dresden (June 6, 1893) and Vienna (November 23, 1894); revised as I pittori fiamminghi (Trieste, January 21, 1928)
- Nozze Istriane (Luigi Illica) - Trieste, March 28, 1895
- La Falena ( Silvio Benco ) - Venice, Teatro Rossini, September 6, 1897 under the direction of Gialdino Gialdini
- Oceana (Silvio Benco) - Milan, January 22, 1903
- Abisso (Silvio Benco) - Milan, February 10, 1914
Other works
- Salve regina
- Father noster
- Ave Maria
- Canzoni gradesi
- Caccia Lontana for orchestra, 1876
- Leonora , symphonic poem for orchestra, 1876
Literature and recordings
- Antonio Smareglia (1854–1929) - Sveučilišna knjižnica u Puli (Pula University Library), 2004
- Nozze Istriane - record recording with Renata Mattioli, Luigi Rumbo, Nestore Catalani, Guido Mazzini, Franco Pugliese, Dora Minarchi, the orchestra of the RAI, Milan under the direction of Pietro Argento, 1956
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smareglia, Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pula |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1929 |
| Place of death | Grado |