Antonio Zaniboni

Antonio Zaniboni (* around 1690 ? In Bologna ; † August 6, 1767 ) was an Italian poet , librettist and orator .

Life

Zaniboni belonged to the nobility. Under the pseudonym Esterio he was a member of the Accademia dell'Arcadia ; he also founded his own academy, the Accademia de 'Nascosti . His poetic work includes at least ten opera libretti for various theaters in Venice and Bologna , several oratorios and prose translations of French dramas .

With the exception of Tomaso Albinoni , the composers who set his libretti to music have largely been forgotten today.

style

Zaniboni's libretti correspond to the upscale style propagated by Apostolo Zeno and other opera reformers. Some of them are based on French models ( Corneille , Racine , Campistron ).

Works (selection)

• Le gare generose (1712), set to music by Tomaso Albinoni
• Il mago deluso dalla magia (1718), set to music by Giuseppe Maria Buini
• La vergine annunziata (oratorio, 1720), set to music by Giuseppe Matteo Alberti
• Arsacide (1721), set to music by Fortunato Chelleri
• Cleofile (1721), set to music by Giuseppe Maria Buini
• Pithonessa sul Monte Olimpo (1722), set to music by Giuseppe Maria Buini
• L'amante ravveduto (Pastorale, 1725), set to music by Francesco Ciampi
• Anagilda (1735), set to music by Antonio Gaetano Pampani
• Il vincitor di se stesso (1741), set to music by Ignazio Fiorillo