Luigi Mosca
Luigi Mosca (* 1775 in Naples ; † November 30, 1824 there ) was an Italian composer and singing teacher. He composed eighteen operas as well as sacred music.
Life
Mosca studied at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in his hometown of Naples. Like his older brother, the opera composer Giuseppe Mosca , he studied composition with Fedele Fenaroli .
Mosca's operas were mostly written for theaters in Naples. Played all over Italy during his lifetime, they were forgotten by posterity.
In 2003 his “Italiana in Algeri” was performed at the Rossini Festival in Wildbad ; a recording of this production was released on CD.
Stage works
- L'impresario burlato ( opera buffa , libretto by Francesco Antonio Signoretti, Teatro Nuovo, Naples 1797)
- La sposa tra le imposture (opera buffa, libretto by Francesco Antonio Signoretti, Teatro Nuovo, Naples 1798)
- Un imbroglio ne porta un altro (opera buffa, libretto by Giuseppe Palomba, Teatro Nuovo, Naples 1799)
- Gli sposi in cimento (opera buffa, libretto by Francesco Saverio Zini, Teatro Nuovo, Naples 1800)
- L'omaggio sincero (musical allegory in honor of King Ferdinand IV , libretto by Giuseppe Pagliuca, Teatro del Palazzo Reale, Naples 1800)
- Le stravaganze d'amore (opera buffa, libretto by Francesco Saverio Zini, Teatro Nuovo, Naples 1800)
- Gli amanti volubili (opera buffa, libretto by Jacopo Ferretti , Teatro Valle , Rome 1801)
- L'amore per inganno (L'amoroso inganno; La cantatrice di spirito) (opera buffa, libretto by Giuseppe Palomba, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples 1801)
- Il ritorno impensato (Il ritorno inaspettato) (opera buffa, libretto by Francesco Saverio Zini, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples 1802)
- L'impostore ossia Il Marcotondo (opera buffa, libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, Teatro Nuovo, Naples 1802)
- La vendetta femminina (opera buffa, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples 1803; as La lezione vendetta : Théâtre-Italien , Paris 1806)
- Gli zingari in fiera (opera buffa, libretto by Giuseppe Palomba, Genoa 1806)
- I finti viaggiatori (opera buffa, libretto by Nicasio De Mase, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples 1807)
- L'italiana in Algeri (opera buffa, libretto by Angelo Anelli , Teatro alla Scala , Milan 1808)
- La sposa a sorte (opera buffa, libretto by Giuseppe Palomba, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples 1810)
- Il salto di Leucade ( opera seria , libretto by Giovanni Schmidt , Teatro San Carlo , Naples 1812)
- L'audacia delusa (opera buffa, libretto by Giuseppe Palomba, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples 1813)
- Il bello piace a tutti (extract preserved in the Vatican Library , Rome)
Other works
- Gioas riconosciuto (oratorio, libretto by Pietro Metastasio , Palermo 1806)
literature
- Carlo Antonio de Rosa di Villarosa: Mosca, Luigi , in: Memorie dei compositori di musica del regno di Napoli . Stamperia reale, 1840, p. 119 ( digitized version )
- Mosca, Luigi , in: Albert Ernest Wier (Ed.): The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians . Volume 2. Macmillan, 1938
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Luigi Mosca in the International Music Score Library Project
- List of stage works at Operone
- Opera works and manuscripts by Luigi Mosca in the DFG opera project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mosca, Luigi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer and singing teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1775 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1824 |
| Place of death | Naples |