Luigi Antinori
Luigi Antinori (* around 1697 in Bologna ; † before March 6, 1734 in Florence ) was an Italian opera singer (tenor).
He was one of the best tenors of his time. His voice was clear and penetrating and he had excellent technique.
Antinori came to London in 1725, where he a. a. sang in the pasticcio L'Elpidia, ovvero Li rivali generosi (music mostly by Leonardo Vinci ) compiled by Georg Friedrich Handel for the Royal Academy of Music . Francesco Borosini had previously sung this role .
In the following opera season he sang Lelio in Handel's Publio Cornelio Scipione and Leonato in Alessandro . Until 1734 he performed in Venice, Livorno, Reggio Emilia, Genoa and Florence. On March 6, 1734, the impresario of the Teatro della Pergola in Florence, Luca Casimiro degli Albizzi , reported in a letter of his death.
literature
- Charles Burney : A general history of music. Vol. 4. London 1789, pp. 303-305 ( digitized in the Google book search).
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Volume 1: Aarden-Castles. 4th edition. Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-11598-9 , p. 123 f. doi : 10.1515 / 9783598440885.1
- Winton Dean: Antinori, Luigi. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
Individual evidence
- ^ A b William Holmes: Opera Observed: Views of a Florentine Impresario in the Early Eighteenth Century. University of Chicago Press, 1994, ISBN 0226349705 , p. 68 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Antinori, Luigi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian opera singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1697 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bologna |
| DATE OF DEATH | before March 6, 1734 |
| Place of death | Florence |