Rinaldo di Capua

Rinaldo di (da) Capua (* around 1710 in Capua ; † around 1770 in Naples ) was an Italian composer . Few of his works have survived. They belong to the Neapolitan style and influenced the development of the early opéra-comique .

Life

There is much speculation about his origin, life and career. According to the music historian Charles Burney , Rinaldo was the illegitimate child of a high-ranking family. The addition of "di Capua" to his name probably means his place of birth. At first he used his talent as a pure pastime. After he inherited his father and the money was gradually running low, Rinaldo was forced to seriously pursue the profession of composer - with considerable success, because at the latest in 1737 after his setting of Ciro riconosciuto , he was on everyone's lips in Italy. Rinaldo's best-known work Vologeso, re de 'Parti , premiered in Rome in 1739, was described by Burney as a perfect example of dramatic composition. In 1740 he stayed in Lisbon, where he wrote three opera seria . In 1742 Rinaldo returned to Rome. His two interludes La donna superba (1752) and La zingara (1753) were performed in Paris . The latter played a significant role in the Buffonist dispute and was very popular with his contemporaries. His last opera seria was Adriano in Siria from 1758. He then devoted himself entirely to comic opera. Rinaldo spent the last years of his fulfilled life in a melancholy and unproductive way of life. When Burney visited him in Rome in 1770, he found Rinaldo in a depressing economic situation. In 1778, La Giocondina, his last comic opera, premiered. The motives of his “unwary” son to “sell a large part of Rinaldo's estate for waste”, including many unpublished manuscripts, are difficult to understand.

Possibly Rinaldo di Capua is the father of the composer Marcello Bernardini (Marcello di Capua).

Preserved works

A total of about 40 stage works by Rinaldo were identified. Of these, two are doubtful. Some of his works were later edited and published under different names. There is also occasional confusion with the works of Marcello di Capua.

Vologeso, re de 'Parti , dramma per musica, libretto by Guido Eustachio Luccarelli after Apostolo Zenos Lucio Vero , Rome, 1739 in the Teatro Argentina
Catone in Utica , dramma per musica, libretto by Pietro Metastasio , Lisbon, 1740 in the Teatro Condes
Il bravo burlato , intermezzo in 2 acts, libretto by Antonio Pavoni, Rome, Carnival 1745 in the Teatro Pallacorda
Gli impostori , dramma giocoso, Modena, 1751 in the Teatro Ducale
La zingara , intermezzo, Paris, 1753; contains six revised arias from Il cavalier Mignatta from 1751; several edits are preserved, e.g. B. 1755 by Charles-Simon Favart under the title La bohémienne in French with arias by other composers added
Adriano in Siria , dramma per musica, libretto by Pietro Metastasio, Rome, January 2, 1758 in the Teatro Argentina
Il caffè di campagna , farsetta in 2 acts, libretto by Pietro Chiari , Rome, Carnival 1764 in the Teatro della Pace
I finti pazzi per amore , farsetta in 2 acts, libretto by Tommaso Mariani , Rome, Carnival 1770 in the Teatro della Pace
La donna vendicativa, o sia L'erudito spropositato , farsetta in 2 acts, libretto by Alessandro Pioli , Rome, Carnival 1771 in the Teatro della Pace
Some individual arias, overtures and symphonies.

literature

Music in the past and present , Friedrich Blume, Volume 11 (Rasch-Schnyder von Wartensee), Bärenreiter, 1963, p. 535 ff
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicans , edited by Stanley Sadie, Volume 16 (Riegel-Schusterfleck), Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1980, p. 42 f

Web links

Commons : Rinaldo di Capua - collection of images, videos and audio files

List of stage works by Rinaldo di Capua based on the MGG at Operone
Search for operas by Rinaldo di Capua (search term in the Autore field : "Rinaldo di Capua") in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
Sheet music and audio files by Rinaldo di Capua in the International Music Score Library Project
Ariella Lanfranchi: DI CAPUA, Rinaldo in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani , Volume 39, 1991

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Honegger / Massenkeil: Das große Lexikon der Musik , Herder, Freiburg 1976, Volume 7, p. 92.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Claudio Gallico: Rinaldo di [da] Capua. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
↑ David DiChiera and Peter Schleuning: Rinaldo di Capua in Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart , p. 63154 (cf. MGG vol. 11, p. 535 ff.) Bärenreiter-Verlag 1986 ( digital library volume 60).
^ Charles Burney: Diary of a musical journey through France and Italy , Rome, Tuesday, September 25th. Description Rinaldo di Capuas.
^ Rinaldo di Capua in Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicans , edited by J. Fuller Maitland, Volume 4 (Q to S), Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1908 ditto with 1914, p. 105 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Rinaldo di Capua
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rinaldo da Capua
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian pre-classical composer
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1710
PLACE OF BIRTH	Capua
DATE OF DEATH	around 1770
Place of death	Naples

[honegger-1] Honegger / Massenkeil: Das große Lexikon der Musik , Herder, Freiburg 1976, Volume 7, p. 92.

[grove-2] Claudio Gallico: Rinaldo di [da] Capua. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).

[3] David DiChiera and Peter Schleuning: Rinaldo di Capua in Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart , p. 63154 (cf. MGG vol. 11, p. 535 ff.) Bärenreiter-Verlag 1986 ( digital library volume 60).

[4] Charles Burney: Diary of a musical journey through France and Italy , Rome, Tuesday, September 25th. Description Rinaldo di Capuas.

[5] Rinaldo di Capua in Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicans , edited by J. Fuller Maitland, Volume 4 (Q to S), Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1908 ditto with 1914, p. 105 f.