Ignazio Balbi

Ignazio Balbi (* around 1696 in Milan ; † after 1777 probably there) was an Italian composer .

Life

Little is known about Balbi's life. He was probably in the service of Emperor Charles VI. and described herself in the composition as a dilettante . The dates come from a letter from the Italian scholar Pietro Verri (1728–1797).

Balbi was friends with Alessandro Magnasco , Giovanni Lorenzo Somis and Johann Christian Bach .

Works (selection)

Lucio Papirio
Title page of the libretto

Oratorios

• Oratorio della Madonna de 'sette dolori , 1720 (dedicated to Charles VI)
• La calunnia delusa , Milan, May 23, 1724 (joint work)
• La necessità socorsa dal glorioso Santo di Padoa , Milan, Chiesa di San Francesco, June 21, 1725 (joint effort )
• Il martirio di San Giovanni Nepomuceno , Milan, 1726 (joint work)
• La verità confessatasi da un'anima dannata , Milan, June 21, 1729
• La Passione , Milan, March 7th 1735

Operas

• Lucio Papirio , opera in three acts, libretto by Apostolo Zeno , Turin , December 26, 1752 (conductor: Giovanni Battista Somis )
• Ciro in Armenia , opera in three acts, Milan, December 26, 1753 (also attributed to Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini )

literature

• Marco Brusa, Herbert Seifert:  Balbi, Ignazio. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
• Herbert Seifert:  Balbi, Ignazio. In: MGG Online (subscription required).
• Herbert Seifert: Oratios by Composers Active in Milan Performed at the Court of Emperor Charles VI. In: La musica sacra nella Milano del Settecento , 2014, pp. 25–34.

Web links

Commons : Ignazio Balbi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sheet music and audio files by Ignazio Balbi in the International Music Score Library Project
• Ignacio Balbi at Allmusic (English)