Carlo Sigismondo Capece
Carlo Sigismondo Capece (born June 21, 1652 in Rome , † March 12, 1728 in Polistena , Calabria ) was an Italian librettist and theater writer. He is one of the most important writers who worked in Rome at the turn of the 18th century.
Capece moved to Madrid with his parents, where he studied philosophy. In Valencia he began to study law, and when he returned to Rome, he did his doctorate in canonical and civil law. He worked as a lawyer and was sent to the French court as a diplomat. From 1704 was secretary of the Polish ex-Queen Maria Casimira , who settled in Rome in 1699.
Capece wrote numerous plays, about 40 of which were for musical theater. There are among others libretti for Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti as well as for Georg Friedrich Händel (oratorio La Resurrezione ). His last work for the musical theater is the Telemaco . From 1719 he wrote 18 comedies in which Pulcinella appears as the main character.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ariella Lanfranchi: Curriculum Vitae in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 18 (1975)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Capece, Carlo Sigismondo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Capeci, Carlo Sigismondo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian librettist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1652 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1728 |
| Place of death | Polistena |