Domenico Antonio Mele
Domenico Antonio Mele (born July 16, 1647 in Acquaviva delle Fonti , † September 23, 1723 in Naples ) was an Italian poet and librettist .
Life
Mele was an Apulian intellectual and performed several of his specially written librettos on many festive occasions for the Lords of Puglia in the courts of the late seventeenth century. This bears witness to a “theatrical life” in Puglia, as other intellectuals, such as musicians, painters and poets, from other cities such as Rome, Naples and Milan often came to these occasions. He was a member of the Accademia dei Ravvivati of Acquaviva delle Fonti, the Accademia dei Pigri of Bari and the Accademia degli Spensierati of Rossano . Mele experimented with many literary genres, such as prose, musical theater, sacred and profane theater, the lyric subject, and religious literature of magical and scientific subject (Il Proteo is an example). Mele died in Naples on September 23, 1723.
Music theater with the Princes De Mari
In 1682 he was commissioned to compose the anti-prologue Acquaviva laureata with the music of Giovanni Cesare Netti, often organist of the Royal Naples Chapel. He staged this for the first time at the Palazzo De Mari Theater at the wedding of Giovanni Battista de Mari (eldest son of Carlo and Geronima Doria, the princely couple Acquaviva) and Laura Doria.
Works
Dramas
- Acquaviva laureata
- La perdita di Nereo e Dori
- Le nozze di Alfeo con Aretusa
- Le metamorfosi delle stagioni
- Li svantaggi di Ippomene ed Atalanta
- Le nozze di Iocasta
- Il più bel fregio del cielo, ovvero il sacro abitino del Carmine
Poems
- Il proteo
Intermezzi
- Le gare degli elementi
- La Sfinge
- Raspa raspa , Bu bu , Cu cu
- Il ballo della figlia di Erodiade
- L'ubriachezza di Loth
literature
- Mele, Domenico. In: Archivio Biografico Italiano, Index.
Web links
- Information on Domenico Antonio Mele in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- Mele Domenico Antonio. Short biography on the website of the University of Bari
Individual evidence
- ↑ Netti, Giovanni Cesare. In: Dizionario Biografico - Treccani. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mele, Domenico Antonio |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian poet and librettist |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1647 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Acquaviva delle Fonti |
DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1723 |
Place of death | Naples |