Vincenzo Federici (composer)

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Vincenzo Federici (* 1764 in Pesaro ; † September 26, 1826 in Milan ) was an Italian opera composer.

Live and act

Federici's origin is unclear as the name of his parents is unknown. Early on in literary and legal studies, he learned at the same time, under the guidance of Maestro Angelo Genovese Gadani, musical basics, such as harpsichord playing and musical notation .

Orphaned, he went to Livorno in 1780 at the age of sixteen and then moved to London , where he received music lessons. He continued to acquire the practical and theoretical musical training autodidactically and dealt with compositions by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina , Jommelli and Handel .

He became a harpsichordist at the Theater Royal Haymarket (Little Haymarket Theater), where he saw the performance of works by Italian composers such as A. Giuseppe Sarti , Domenico Cimarosa and Giovanni Paisiello as well as symphonic works by Joseph Haydn , whom he was particularly impressed with. He returned to Italy around 1788 and traveled to Padua, taking composition lessons from Antonio Vallotti, a master recommended by the Cremonese composer Francesco Bianchi , but the reason for the trip was perhaps in 1789 the rehearsal of his first opera L'olimpiade in the Teatro Regio di Torino .

After returning to London in 1790, he spent ten years as a harpsichordist in the small Haymarket Theater. On February 27, 1790 he took part as a harpsichordist in the performance of Le villanelle astute by Bianchi.

Lorenzo Da Ponte often mentions him in connection with intrigues, bills and illegal transactions. Da Ponte also accused him of having proposed the rehearsal of Don Giovanni, o sia Il convitato di pietra by Giuseppe Gazzaniga instead of Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Haymarket .

In 1802 he returned to Milan at the invitation of Francesco Melzi d'Eril , Vice-President of the Italian Republic. The following year he made his successful debut at La Scala in Milan with Castore e Polluce , which was rehearsed for the coronation of Napoleon in 1805 . In 1805 Federici returned to Turin and 1808 to Milan, where he worked at the Conservatorio founded the previous year .

François-Joseph Fétis reports on a trip to Paris in 1812, during which the composer was able to experience the brilliant success of his Locandiera (Federici's authorship, however, is not certain). In 1824 he was promoted to deputy director of the Conservatorio in Milan, a position he held until his death in 1826.

Works

Operas

L'usurpator innocente. Title page of the libretto, London 1790

Federici composed at least eight operas:

  • L'olimpiade , “dramma per musica” in three acts; Libretto: Pietro Metastasio ; WP: Turin, Teatro Regio December 26th 1789; also in London in 1790.
  • L'usurpator innocente, “serious opera” in two acts; Libretto: after Demofoonte by Pietro Metastasio; WP: London, Theater Royal Haymarket , April 6, 1790.
  • Castore e Polluce, “melodramma serio” in two acts; Libretto: Luigi Romanelli; WP: Milan, Teatro alla Scala , January 1803; Recovery in 1805; also in 1806 in the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, 1812 in the Teatro Imperiale in Turin, 1819 in the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.
  • Oreste in Tauride, “dramma per musica” in two acts; Libretto: anonymous; WP: Milan, Teatro alla Scala, January 27, 1804; also in 1808 at the Teatro degli Intrepidi in Florence.
  • Sofonisba, “dramma per musica” in three acts; Libretto: Antonio and Girolamo Francesco Zanetti; WP: Turin, Teatro Imperiale, Carnival 1805.
  • Idomeneo, “melodramma serio” in two acts; Libretto: Luigi Romanelli, Milan, Teatro alla Scala, January 31, 1806; also in 1807 as Il voto di Idomeneo in the Teatro degli Accademici Avvalorati in Livorno.
  • La conquista delle Indie Orientali, “dramma per musica” in three acts; Libretto: Giandomenico Boggio, Turin, Teatro Imperiale, February 8, 1808.
  • Ifigenia in Aulide, “melodramma serio” in two acts; Libretto: Luigi Ronianelli, Milan, Teatro alla Scala, January 28, 1809; also spring 1814 in the Teatro civico del Verzaro in Perugia.

He also took part in the production of the following operas:

Some authors also attribute an opera buffa to Federici entitled La locandiera scaltra , which premiered in Paris in 1812 with great success. Fétis and Carlo Gervasoni ( Nuova teoria di musica, 1812) also mention settings by Nitteti (1793) and Didone abbandonata (1794).

Two other operas, previously attributed to Vincenco Federici, appear to be by his contemporary Francesco Federici. These are Virginia (Rome 1798) and Zaira (Milan 1803).

Cantatas / serenatas

  • Il giudizio di Numa; Libretto: L. Cerretti; Premiere: Milan, Teatro alla Scala, June 26th 1803.
  • Teseo, "azione drammatica"; Libretto: V. Monti; Premiere: Milan, Teatro alla Scala, June 3rd 1804.
  • Column attonite scene; Premiere: June 1st, 1805 in the presence of Napoleon .
  • Il trionfo della pace, "azione drammatica"; Premiere: Milan, Teatro alla Scala, February 27, 1806.
  • Il mistico omaggio, "cantata"; Libretto: Vincenzo Monti; Premiere: Milan, Teatro alla Scala, May 15, 1815.

Other works

  • Domine salvum fac for tenor, four voices and orchestra.
  • six sonatas for harpsichord / piano and violin (London, 1786).
  • two symphonias.
  • Ballets.

Web links

Commons : Vincenzo Federici  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Digital copies

  1. ↑ Vincenzo Federici: L'olimpiade. Libretto (Italian), Turin 1789. Digitized in the Internet Archive .
  2. ↑ Vincenzo Federici: L'usurpator innocente. Libretto (Italian / English), London 1790. Digitized in the Internet Archive .
  3. ↑ Vincenzo Federici: Castore e Polluce. Libretto (Italian), Milan 1803. Digitized in the Internet Archive .
  4. ↑ Vincenzo Federici: Oreste in Tauride. Libretto (Italian), Milan 1814. Digitized in the Internet Archive .
  5. ↑ Vincenzo Federici: Sofonisba. Libretto (Italian), Turin 1805. Digitized at Google Books .
  6. ↑ Vincenzo Federici: Idomeneo. Libretto (Italian), Milan 1805. Digitized in the Internet Archive .
  7. ↑ Vincenzo Federici: La conquista delle Indie Orientali. Libretto (Italian), Turin 1808. Digitized in the Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna.
  8. ↑ Vincenzo Federici: Ifigenia in Aulide. Libretto (Italian), Milan 1809. Digitized in the Internet Archive .
  9. ↑ Teodolinda. Libretto (Italian / English), London 1793. Digitized by ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collections Online, accessible via German national license).
  10. ↑ Vincenzo Federici: Teseo. Libretto (Italian), Milan 1804. Digitized in the Internet Archive .
  11. ↑ Vincenzo Federici: Il trionfo della pace. Libretto (Italian), Milan 1806. Digitized in the Internet Archive .
  12. ↑ Vincenzo Federici: Il mistico omaggio. Libretto (Italian), Milan 1815. Digitized at Google Books .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Monica Guerzoni:  Federici, Vincenzo. In: Fiorella Bartoccini (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 45:  Farinacci – Fedrigo. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1995.
  2. ↑ L'olimpiade (Vincenzo Federici) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 7, 2018.
  3. ^ L'usurpator innocente (Vincenzo Federici) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 7, 2018.
  4. ↑ Castore e Polluce (Vincenzo Federici) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 7, 2018.
  5. ↑ Oreste in Tauride (Vincenzo Federici) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 7, 2018.
  6. ↑ Sofonisba (Vincenzo Federici) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 7, 2018.
  7. ↑ Idomeneo (Vincenzo Federici) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 7, 2018.
  8. ↑ La conquista delle Indie Orientali (Vincenzo Federici) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 7, 2018.
  9. ↑ Ifigenia in Aulide (Vincenzo Federici) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 7, 2018.
  10. ↑ Odenato and Zenobia (Vincenzo Federici et al.) In the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 7, 2018.
  11. ↑ Teseo (Vincenzo Federici) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 7, 2018.
  12. ↑ Il trionfo della pace (Vincenzo Federici) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 7, 2018.
  13. ↑ Il mistico omaggio (Vincenzo Federici) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 7, 2018.
  14. ↑ a b c d Federici, Vincenzo. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
personal data
SURNAME Federici, Vincenzo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1764
PLACE OF BIRTH Pesaro , Papal States
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1826
Place of death Milan