Valentino Fioravanti (composer)
Valentino Fioravanti (born September 11, 1764 in Rome , † June 16, 1837 in Capua ) was an Italian composer and a representative of the so-called Neapolitan School .
Live and act
Valentino Fioravanti made his musical studies partly in Rome under Giuseppe Jannacconi , partly in Naples under and next to Domenico Cimarosa , Giovanni Paisiello and Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi , became director of the theater in Lisbon around 1800, went to Paris in 1807, later from there to Naples and became In 1816 the Pope appointed Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli's successor as Kapellmeister of the Cappella Giulia at St. Peter's Basilica . He began to compose operas around 1805. His numerous comic operas were popular works of their time. Of his 77 operas, 36 were composed for Naples, 16 for Rome, nine for Lisbon and two for Paris; the rest for Venice, Milan, Turin and Florence. His music is soft, melodious, rounded, winning through grace and cheerful mood, but of little depth. In his later years he only wrote church music .
He died on June 16, 1837 on a trip to his son Vincenzo Fioravanti (1799–1877), who was also an opera composer, of a stroke in Capua.
Works (selection)
- Il furbo contr'il furbo
- Adelaide e Comingio
- Il fabbro Parigino
- I virtuosi ambulanti
- I viaggiatori ridicoli
- Le cantatrici villane , ( The Village Singers ), from 1799, was supposedly Napoleon Bonaparte's favorite piece . A popular repertoire piece on German stages; performed for example in 1982 at the opera of the stage capital of Kiel and in 2004 at the Erfurt Theater by the Hochschule für Musik Weimar, directed by Lutz Schwarz .
- Didone , libretto by Jacopo Ferretti after Pietro Metastasio , Rome 1810
Individual evidence
- ^ University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar: Calendar of events
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Valentino Fioravanti (composer) in the International Music Score Library Project
- Opera works and manuscripts by Valentino Fioravanti (composer) in the DFG opera project
- List of stage works by Valentino Fioravanti (composer) based on the MGG at Operone
- Search for operas by Valentino Fioravanti (composer) (search term in the Autore field : “Fioravanti Valentino”) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
- Works by and about Valentino Fioravanti in the German Digital Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fioravanti, Valentino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1764 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1837 |
| Place of death | Capua |