Marianna Benti Bulgarelli

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Marianna Benti Bulgarelli "La Romanina"

Marianna Benti Bulgarelli , also Maria Anna Benti , Marianna Bulgarelli-Benti or Marianna Bulgarelli (around 1684 in Rome - February 26, 1734 in Rome), was an Italian opera singer ( soprano ) of the early 18th century. They were also called “ La Romanina ” after their place of origin . She is particularly well known as an early patron, friend and muse of Metastasio .

Life

Marianna Benti made her debut in Rome in 1703. In 1712 she worked in Genoa for the Teatro Sant'Agostino and between 1714 and 1715 at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples ; she celebrated great successes in both cities. From 1716 to 1718 she was at the Teatro San Grisostomo in Venice .

She was one of the great prima donnas of her time and sang in operas and other works by the most important opera composers of her time, such as Alessandro Scarlatti , Francesco Gasparini , Tomaso Albinoni , Antonio Lotti , Carlo Francesco Pollarolo , Antonio Maria Bononcini , Domenico Sarro , Nicola Porpora and Georg Friedrich Handel , Leonardo Leo , Francesco Feo and Johann Adolph Hasse (see list of operatic roles below). Throughout her entire career she has appeared on the side of the famous castrato soprano Nicolò Grimaldi , known as "Nicolini" (see list of opera roles below). Other frequent stage partners were Faustina Bordoni (from 1716), Antonio Bernacchi (1717–1719), the young Carlo Broschi (called " Farinelli ", 1721–1723), Antonia Margherita Merighi (1723–1724), the tenor Annibale Pio Fabri (1723 –1724), who is also known from Handel's biography - just like Senesino , Francesca Cuzzoni , Giovanni Carestini and Gaetano Berenstadt ; In addition to the latter two, she sang towards the end of her career (from 1726) (see the list of opera roles below).

A particularly fateful performance took place in Naples in 1719 when she sang the role of Venus alongside the young Farinelli in Nicola Porpora's cantata Gli orti esperidi (The Gardens of the Hesperides) . The text came from the young and still completely unknown Pietro Metastasio, who initially remained anonymous, but the Romanina did not rest until she had found out who it was. When she met him, she convinced him to quit his current job as a lawyer . She fell in love with the much younger Metastasio and, according to traditional tradition, let him live in her own house (under one roof with her husband Domenico Bulgarelli); however, this is denied by other biographers. Thanks to the support and the good advice of the Benti-Bulgarelli, Metastasio got to know the greatest composers and singers of the era and began to devote himself entirely to writing libretti.

In 1724, still at San Bartolomeo, the Romanina sang the title role in Metastasio's first real melodramma Didone abbandonata , with music by Domenico Sarro. The opera is said to have been directly inspired by her, and her performance is fascinating. At the end of the same year and in 1725 she always appeared in the same role in other settings of Albinoni (December 26, 1724, Venice, Teatro Tron di San Cassiano) and Porpora (1725, Reggio nell'Emilia , Teatro del Pubblico) with Nicolini as Enea .

In 1725 she was at the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice, and in 1726 again in Naples. After retiring from the stage, she moved to Rome in 1728.

After Metastasio's appointment as poeta cesareo , he went to the imperial court in Vienna and left it. According to some biographers, she tried to move to him five years later, in 1734, and died during the trip; the attempt to follow him, however, is denied by Bonaventure. She bequeathed all of her belongings to Metastasio, who is said to have renounced the inheritance in favor of her husband Domenico Bulgarelli as "indisputable proof of his unselfish friendship" for Marianna.

Roles (selection)

Most of the roles listed were written specifically for Marianna Benti-Bulgarelli “La Romanina”; the most important stage partners are also named.

  • Berenice in L'amor generoso by Alessandro Scarlatti (October 1, 1709, Naples, Teatro di Palazzo Reale), with the castrato soprano Nicola Grimaldi, known as Nicolini.
  • Climene in La forza della fedeltà by Alessandro Scarlatti (February 3, 1711, Florence, Teatro del Cocomero).
  • Ernelinda in La fede tradita e vendicata by Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (August 15, 1712, Bologna, Teatro Marsigli Rossi), with Senesino as Vitige.
  • Fiana in Pisistrato by Leonardo Leo (May 13, 1714, Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo), with Gaetano Borghi in the title role and Nicolini (Nicola Grimaldi) as the pericle.
  • Ramise in Arminio by Alessandro Scarlatti (November 19, 1714, Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo), alongside Nicola Grimaldi, known as Nicolini, in the title role.
  • Tomiri in Tigrane by Alessandro Scarlatti (February 16, 1715, Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo), with Nicolini (Nicola Grimaldi) as Tigrane.
  • Ginevra in Ariodante by Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (November 14, 1716, Venice, Teatro Grimani di San Giovanni Grisostomo), with Faustina Bordoni as Dalinda.
  • Giulia Mammea in Alessandro Severo by Antonio Lotti (January 17, 1717, Venice, Teatro Grimani di S. Giovanni Grisostomo), with Faustina Bordoni as Alessandro (!).
  • Lucinda in Il Venceslao by Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (spring 1717, Genoa, Teatro Sant'Agostino), with Giuseppe Maria Boschi , Francesca Cuzzoni, Giovan Battista Minelli .
  • Lisaura in Eumene by Tomaso Albinoni (November 13, 1717, Venice, Teatro Grimani di San Gio. Grisostomo), with Nicolini, Antonio Bernacchi, Faustina Bordoni a. a.
  • Statira in Arsace by Francesco Gasparini (about December 26, 1717, Venice, Teatro Grimani di San Gio. Grisostomo), with Nicolini (Nicola Grimaldi), Faustina Bordoni, and Antonio Bernacchi.
  • La Vittoria and Armida in Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel (October 1, 1718, Naples, Teatro di Palazzo Reale), with Nicolini (Nicola Grimaldi) as Rinaldo.
  • Andromaca in L'Astianatte by Antonio Maria Bononcini (ca.4 January 1719, Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo), with Nicolini (Nicola Grimaldi), Faustina Bordoni, Antonio Bernacchi.
  • Rosane in Cambise by Alessandro Scarlatti (February 4, 1719, Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo), a. a. with Nicolini (Nicola Grimaldi) in the title role.
  • Asteria in Il Bajazet by Francesco Gasparini (April 29, 1719, Reggio Emilia, Teatro del Pubblico), alongside Antonio Bernacchi as Tamerlano, Faustina Bordoni as Irene, Francesco Borosini as Bajazet.
  • Rosimonda in Faramondo by Nicola Porpora (November 19, 1719, Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo), with Giovan Battista Minelli as Faramondo a. a.
  • Zidiana in Teuzzone by Francesco Feo, libretto: Apostolo Zeno (January 20, 1720, Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo).
  • The title role in Ginevra, regina di Scozia by Domenico Sarro (January 20, 1720, Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo), with Giovan Maria Morosi as Ariodante and Giovan Battista Minelli as Polinesso.
  • The title role in Tito Manlio by Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (October 1, 1720, Naples, Great Hall of the Palazzo Reale).
  • Licinia in Caio Gracco by Leonardo Leo (November 19, 1720, Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo).
  • Venere in Gli orti esperidi by Nicola Porpora, libretto: Metastasio (1721).
  • Perseo (!) In L'Andromeda by Domenico Sarro (January 28, 1721, Naples), with Carlo Broschi (Farinelli) as Clisauro.
  • Viriate in Siface by Francesco Feo, libretto: Metastasio (May 13, 1723, Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo), with Nicolini (Nicola Grimaldi), Antonia Margherita Merighi and Annibale Pio Fabri.
  • Rosmene in Imeneo by Nicola Porpora, libretto: Silvio Stampiglia (1723), with Antonia Margherita Merighi as Imeneo, Annibale Pio Fabri as Argenio, Carlo Broschi (Farinelli) as Tirinto a. a.
  • Emilia in Silla dittatore by Leonardo Vinci (October 1, 1723, Naples, Teatro di Palazzo Reale), with Nicolini (Nicola Grimaldi) as Silla, Antonia Margherita Merighi as Pompeo, and Annibale Pio Fabbri a. a.
  • Erifide in Amare per regnare by Nicola Porpora (December 12, 1723, Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo), a. a. next to Antonia Margherita Merighi, the castrato soprano Nicolini and the tenor Annibale Pio Fabri.
  • The title role in Didone abbandonata by Domenico Sarro, libretto: Metastasio (February 1, 1724, Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo), with Nicolini as Enea, Antonia Margherita Merighi and Annibale Pio Fabri a. a.
  • The title role in Didone abbandonata by Tomaso Albinoni, libretto: Metastasio (December 26, 1724, Venice, Teatro Tron di San Cassiano), a. a. with Nicolini (Nicola Grimaldi) as Enea, and Domenico Gizzi.
  • The title role in Didone abbandonata by Nicola Porpora, libretto: Metastasio (fiera 1725, Reggio, Teatro del Pubblico), again with Nicolini as Enea, Domenico Gizzi a. a. Stage design by Francesco Bibiena.
  • Viriate in Siface by Nicola Porpora, libretto: Metastasio (Carnival 1725–1726, Venice, Teatro Grimani di S. Gio. Grisostomo), with Nicolini in the title role and Giovanni Carestini as Erminio.
  • Emira in Siroe, re di Persia by Leonardo Vinci, libretto: Metastasio (Carnival 1726, Venice, Teatro Grimani), alongside Nicolini (Nicola Grimaldi) in the title role and Giovanni Carestini as Medarse.
  • Timareta in Il Sesostrate by Johann Adolf Hasse (August 26, 1726, Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo), a. a. with Gaetano Berenstadt and Carlo Scalzi.
  • Elisa in L'Astarto by Johann Adolf Hasse, libretto: Apostolo Zeno and Pariati (December 1726, Naples, Teatro San Bartolomeo), with Gaetano Berenstadt a. a.
  • Miride e Berenice by Johann Adolf Hasse

literature

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Reduced form of the Italian "Romana" = Roman woman. The appended ending "-ina" corresponds to the German "-chen" or "-lein". Unfortunately, “La Romanina” cannot be translated 1 to 1 in this case, it means, for example, “the little Roman woman” or “the little one from Rome”, but the affectionate pet form of the original is missing.
  2. ↑ "Il Metastasio rinunziò all'eredità in favore del marito di lei Domenico Bulgarelli, per dare una prova incontrastabile della sua disinteressata amicizia 'per la Marianna."
  3. ↑ "To love to rule"

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Arnaldo Bonaventura: Benti Bulgarelli, Marianna. In: Enciclopedia Italiana . 1930 ( online on Treccani).
  2. ^ Benti-Bulgarelli Marianna. In: A. Della Corte & GM Gatti: Dizionario di Musica. Paravia & C., Turin 1956, p. 66.
  3. ^ A b Albinoni: Didone abbandonata, December 26th, 1724 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8th, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b Porpora: Didone abbandonata, 1725 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  5. ^ A. Scarlatti: L'amor generoso, October 1, 1709 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  6. ^ A. Scarlatti: La forza della fedeltà, February 3, 1711 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  7. ↑ Orlandini: La fede tradita e vendicata, August 15, 1712 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  8. ^ Leo: Pisistrato, May 13, 1714 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  9. ^ A. Scarlatti: Arminio, November 19, 1714 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  10. ^ A. Scarlatti: Tigrane, February 16, 1715 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  11. ↑ Pollarolo: Ariodante, November 14, 1716 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  12. ^ Lotti: Alessandro Severo, January 17, 1717 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  13. ↑ Pollarolo: Il Venceslao, spring 1717 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  14. ^ Albinoni: Eumene, November 13, 1717 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  15. ↑ Gasparini: Arsace, around December 26, 1717 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  16. ↑ Handel: Rinaldo, October 1, 1718 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  17. ↑ Bononcini: L'Astianatte, approx. January 4, 1719 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  18. ↑ A. Scarlatti: Cambise, Feb. 4, 1719 in Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018th
  19. ↑ Gasparini: Il Bajazet, April 29, 1719 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  20. ↑ Porpora: Faramondo, November 19, 1719 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  21. ↑ Feo: Teuzzone, January 20, 1720 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  22. ^ Sarro: Ginevra, regina di Scozia, January 20, 1720 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  23. ↑ Pollarolo: Tito Manlio, October 1, 1720 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  24. ^ Leo: Caio Gracco, November 19, 1720 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  25. ^ Sarro: L'Andromeda, January 28, 1721 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  26. ↑ Feo: Siface, May 13, 1723 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  27. ↑ Porpora: Imeneo, 1723 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  28. ↑ Vinci: Silla dittatore, October 1, 1723 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  29. ↑ Porpora: Amare per regnare, December 12, 1723 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  30. ^ Sarro: Didone abbandonata, February 1, 1724 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  31. ↑ Porpora: Siface, Carnival 1725–1726 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  32. ↑ Vinci: Siroe, re di Persia, Carnival 1726 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
  33. ↑ Hasse: Il Sesostrate, August 26, 1726 in Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018th
  34. ^ Hasse: L'Astarto, December 1726 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on January 8, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Bulgarelli, Marianna Benti
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Benti, Maria Anna; Bulgarelli-Benti, Marianna (full name); Bulgarelli, Marianna; Romanina, La
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH around 1684
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1734
Place of death Rome