Francesco Manelli
Francesco Manelli , also Francesco Mannelli (* around 1595 in Tivoli , † September 1667 in Parma ) was an Italian opera singer (bass), conductor and composer .
Life
As a choirboy he sang at the Cathedral of San Lorenzo in his hometown and worked there as a choir singer until 1624. After a short stay in Rome in 1624 , where he met his wife, the singer Maddalena Manelli , he returned to Tivoli. He began to write operas, and finally Venice was drawn to him . There he and Benedetto Ferrari opened an opera house in the former San Cassiano theater. It was the first public opera house in the world and now the people also had access to this art form, which had previously only been performed in a "closed society", for example in noble houses or academies. During this time he was often on stage with his wife. In 1645 Manelli accepted a call from Parma and worked there as Kapellmeister at the Farnese court until his death .
He created a large number of successful operas, of which only the libretti have survived. Only smaller works such as arias , cantatas and canzonets have survived .
Works (selection)
- Andromeda (Benedetto Ferrari) (1637 for the inauguration of the Teatro Tron di San Cassiano )
- La maga fulminata (Benedetto Ferrari) (1638 ibid.)
- Delia ossia La sera sposa del sole (Giulio Strozzi) (1639 Venice, Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo )
- Adone (Paolo Vendramin) (1640 ibid) (formerly attributed to Claudio Monteverdi )
- Alcate (Marc 'Antonio Tirabosco) (1642 Venice, Novissimo)
- Ercole nell'Erimanto (Bernardo Morando) (1651 Piacenza, Ducale)
- Le vicende del tempo (Bernardo Morando) (1652 Parma, Farnese)
- Il ratto d'Europa (Paolo Emilio Fantuzzi [Elvezio Sandri]) (1653 ibid)
- La Filo overo Giunone repacificata con Ercole (Francesco Berni) (1660 ibid)
- La Licasta (Benedetto Ferrari) (1664 Parma, Collegio dei Nobili)
Web links
- List of the stage works by Francesco Manelli based on the MGG at Operone
- Francesco Manelli at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Arnaldo Morelli: Entry in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani , Volume 69 (2007)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Manelli, Francesco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mannelli, Francesco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian opera singer (bass), conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1595 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tivoli |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1667 |
| Place of death | Parma |