For the opera by tienne M hul Ariodant Handel operas Ariodante H ndel Werke Verzeichnis HWV 33 is an opera ... Theatre , London, on 8 January 1735 in music Opera 1735 . Ariodante opened Handel s first season ... reprint 3 3 191 last Baxter first Robert title Ariodante journal The Opera Quarterly volume 3 issue ... works in the opera seria genre, Ariodante , despite its initial success, fell into oblivion for more ... H ndel Ausgabe . ref J.A.W. no full name given , Reviews of Music Collected Editions Ariodante ... Society of New York 22 22Ariodante 22&st p title Ariodante Performed As Concert author Donal Henahan ..., Winton, Record Reviews Ariodante January 1981 . The Musical Times , 122 1655 pp. 33 34. ref Roles File ... 1735 br Conductor Ariodante, a vassal prince soprano castrato Giovanni Carestini Ginevra, daughter of the King of Scotland, br betrothed to Ariodante soprano Anna Maria Strada Anna Maria Strada del ..., Duke of Albany alto Maria Caterina Negri Lurcanio, Ariodante s brother tenor John Beard tenor John ... Stoppelaer Synopsis Ginevra, daughter of the King of Scotland, is betrothed to Ariodante. Polinesso, a jealous rival of Ariodante, wins the confidence of Ginevra s friend Dalinda. With Dalinda s unwitting help, Polinesso tricks Ariodante into thinking that Ginevra is his lover. The King, hearing of Ginevra s alleged infidelity, disowns her, while Ariodante is reported dead by suicide. Polinesso then sends his agents to kill Dalinda, as the only witness to his plot. But Ariodante whose suicide .... In the combat, he is mortally wounded by Ariodante s vengeful brother Lurcanio. Ariodante ... ref Chisholm, Duncan, Review of Recordings of Ariodante and Serse January 1982 . Early Music , 10 1 ... url http oq.oxfordjournals.org cgi reprint 13 2 141 last Pines first Roger title Ariodante . George ... http mdz1.bib bvb.de db 0001 bsb00016930 images Score of Ariodante ed. Friedrich Chrysander , Leipzig 1881 IMSLP2 id Ariodante, HWV 33 Handel, George Frideric cname Ariodante http www.uctv.tv search ... more details
Fabretti is a surname, and may refer to Ariodante Fabretti 1816 1894 Raffaello Fabretti 1618 1700 , antiquary surname It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a surname ru ... more details
Mayr operas Ginevra di Scozia is an opera in two acts by Simon Mayr set to an Italian libretto by Gaetano Rossi based on Antonio Salvi s, Ginevra, principessa di Scozia , which in turn was adapted from Cantos 5 and 6 of Ludovico Ariosto s Orlando Furioso . Ginevra di Scozia premiered on 21 April 1801 at the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi Regio Teatro Nuovo in Trieste to celebrate the inauguration of the new theatre. The story is virtually identical to that of Handel s Ariodante which shares the same source for the libretto. Roles class wikitable Role Voice type Premiere cast ref Premiere cast from Casaglia ref br 21 April 1801 Ginevra, daughter of the King of Scotland soprano Teresa Bertinotti Ariodante, an Italian soldier prince, betrothed to Ginevra castrato soprano castrato Luigi Marchesi Polinesso, Duke of Albany, Ariodante s rival tenor Giacomo David Dalinda, attendant on Ginevra, secretly in love with Polinesso soprano Angiola Pirovani Bianchi Re di Scozia, King of Scotland Bass voice type bass Lurcanio, Ariodante s brother tenor Gaetano Bianchi Vafrino, Ariodante s squire tenor Pietro Righi Gran Solitario, a hermit bass Recordings Mayr Ginevra di Scozia Live recording to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the opera s premiere. Tiziano Severini conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi , with Elizabeth Vidal as Ginevra and Daniela Barcellona as Ariodante. Label Opera Rara ORC 23 Notes and references Reflist Sources Casaglia, Gherardo, http www.amadeusonline.net almanacco.php?Start 0&Giorno &Mese &Anno &Giornata &Testo Ginevra di Scozia&Parola Stringa Ginevra di Scozia , Almanacco Amadeus , 2005. Accessed 9 November 2009 in Italian . Minter, Drew, http www.metoperafamily.org operanews archive 603 Recordings.603.html Mayr Ginevra di Scozia Opera Rara ORC 23 , Opera News , June 2003 External links http www.librettidopera.it ginsco ginsco bnrid.html Complete libretto in Italian Category Operas by Simon Mayr Ca ... more details
Image WALTZ Gustavus.gif thumb 230 px right Gustavus Waltz Gustavus Waltz floruit fl. 1732 1759 was a bass vocal range bass opera singer who collaborated with George Frideric Handel Handel . Like Handel himself, Waltz was a naturalized Englishman, originally German, and is said to have worked for Handel as a cook. Their collaboration began in 1732. Waltz was a choral singer as well as a soloist. Waltz created roles in Arianna in Creta , Ariodante , Alcina and Atalanta opera Atalanta . He sang in the chorus for the last time in a 1754 performance of The Messiah Foundling Hospital . References Warrack, John and West, Ewan 1992 , The Oxford Dictionary of Opera , 782 pages, ISBN 0 19 869164 5 DEFAULTSORT Waltz, Gustavus Category 1759 deaths Category English opera singers Category German opera singers Category Operatic basses UK opera singer stub Germany opera singer stub pl Gustavus Waltz ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2007 Love in Bath is a suite of music compiled in 1945 from the music of Handel by the British conductor Sir Thomas Beecham for a ballet entitled The Great Elopement . Set in 18th century Bath, Somerset Bath , the ballet depicts the love affair between the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Elizabeth Linley daughter of the composer Thomas Linley the elder Thomas Linley , all presided over by the famous dandy Beau Nash . The music is mostly taken from Handel s operas Rodrigo , Serse , Ariodante and Il Pastor Fido among them. Recording G.F. Handel, Solomon , Love in Bath . Sir Thomas Beecham cond. Beecham Choral Society and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. EMI 7243 5 86516 2 1 Portal Dance DEFAULTSORT Love In Bath Category Ballets to the music of George Frideric Handel Ballet dance stub ... more details
orphan date April 2010 please do not add an infobox, per Wikipedia WikiProject Opera Infoboxes Anna Krauja born 1981 is a lyric soprano from Latvia . Born in Riga Anna Krauja was elected International Mini Miss in a competition at the Latvian National Theatre in 1993 and was the first Latvian child to win this award. At her appearance she sang a song by Latvian composer Imants Kalni and received also the audience award. This success encouraged her already in childhood to become a singer. ref http www.dailesteatris.lv index.php?1&254&view view publication&pub id 115 ref Anna Krauja studied at the Latvian music academy J zepa V tola Latvijas M zikas akad mija with Krist ne Gail te and at the Sibelius Academy with Marjut Hannula. In 2007 she performed at the Latvian National Opera the role of Achille in the opera Deidamia opera Deidamia under the conductor M ris Kup s auf. ref http www.latvijaskoncerti.lv en koncertu kalendars?tid 7&month 6&year 2007 ref At the Aleksanterin Teatteri in Helsinki she performed in 2009 the role of Dalinda in the Opera Ariodante under Markus Lehtinen. ref http www.amfion.fi konsertit arviot handel ariodante ref As a soloist, chamber musician and tutor she was invited to the Beigang International Music Festival in Taiwan in 2009. ref http www.t ynews.com.tw news info.php?h 16 12507 ref Besides her classical singing she performed also in musical theatre musicals in 2008. At the Riga Theatres Dailes Theater she played the role of the narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat . ref http www.diena.lv lat izklaide teatris teatris personas juris vizbulis anna krauja ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Krauja, Anna ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1981 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Krauja, Anna Category 1981 births Category Living people Category People from Riga Category Operatic sopranos Category Latvian opera singers Category Latvian classical mus ... more details
Cleanup date August 2007 BLP sources date June 2010 Judith Malafronte is an American mezzo soprano currently on the faculty at Yale University. Winner of several top awards in Italy, Spain, Belgium and the US, including the Grand Prize at the International Vocal Competition in Hertogenbosch, Holland, Malafronte earned a B.A. with honors from Vassar College and the M. A. from Stanford University. Malafronte also studied at the Eastman School of Music, in Paris and Fontainebleau with Mlle. Nadia Boulanger, and with Giulietta Simionato in Milan as a Fulbright scholar. She has recorded for major labels in a broad range of repertoire, from medieval chant to contemporary music and her writings have appeared in Opera News, Stagebill, Islands, Early Music America Magazine, Schwann Inside and Opus. External links http americanbach.org Artists MalafronteJudith.htm American Bach Soloists biography http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9A0DE3D6163CF93BA1575AC0A960948260 Review Opera Judith Malafronte in Handel s Ariodante http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9900E0DC1238F930A15751C1A967948260&sec &spon Recital review DEFAULTSORT Malafronte, Judith Category Operatic mezzo sopranos Category American opera singers Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category Vassar College alumni Category Stanford University alumni Category Eastman School of Music alumni Category Yale University faculty ... more details
Maria Fontosh , born 5 June 1976 is a Ukrainian born Russian soprano residing in Sweden. She is a part of the Royal Swedish Opera s ensemble for which she made her debut as Rosina in The Barber of Seville in 2001. Background Fontosh was born in Ukraine but grew up in Russia where she studied piano, singing and conducting. After moving to Sweden she conducted studies at the Falun Conservatory of Music, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien and the University College of Opera Operah gskolan . Fontosh graduated from the University College of Opera in Stockholm in December 2001. In 1999 Fontosh won 4th prize in the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in Helsinki. ref http www.skr.fi default.asp?docId 12867 Palkinnonsaajat ja tuomaristo 1999 ref In 2002 she won the 3rd prize in Pl cido Domingo s Operalia International Opera Competition in Paris. ref http www.operalia.org winners winners frame archiv.htm Winners 1993 2006 ref On 5 September 2007 Fontosh sang at the V rmland Classic Festival together with Jos Carreras , among the pieces was Franz Leh r s The Merry Widow . ref http www.nwt.se ArticlePages 200709 05 20070905201359 NWT846 20070905201359 NWT846.dbp.asp Jos Carreras r st v rmde ett h stgr tt Karlstad ref Recent stage roles Lauretta, La conversazione and I rivali delusi intermezzi by Niccol Jommelli 1999, Vadstena Academy Rosina, The Barber of Seville 2001 2002, Royal Swedish Opera Musetta, La boh me 2001 2002, Royal Swedish Opera Zerlina, Don Giovanni 2002, The Ruhr Triennale Fiordiligi, Cos fan tutte Frankfurt Opera House Adina, L elisir d amore Frankfurt Opera House Zerlina, Don Giovanni Frankfurt Opera House Ginevra, Ariodante Frankfurt Opera House Marie, The Bartered Bride 2003 2004, Royal Swedish Opera Marguerite, Faust 2005, Malm Opera Ginevra, Ariodante 2005, Frankfurt Opera House Tatyana, Eugene Onegin 2005, Royal Swedish Opera Musetta, La boh me 2005, Op ra National de Paris Marie, The Bartered Bride 2006, Fr ... more details
Year nav topic 1745 music Events Thomas Arne enlarges the orchestra at Vauxhall Gardens , taking on John Hebden as principal cellist and bassoonist. Giovanni Battista Pescetti returns to Venice and becomes Second Organist at St Mark s Basilica . Classical music George Frideric Handel Hercules oratorio Opera Ferdinando Bertoni La vedova accorta George Frideric Handel Comus based on the masque by John Milton Jean Philippe Rameau Plat e Jean Jacques Rousseau Les Muses galantes Georg Christoph Wagenseil Ariodante Publications Louis Antoine Dornel Le tour du clavier sur tous les tons Births February Johann Peter Salomon , violinist, conductor and composer died 1815 May 7 Carl Stamitz , composer died 1801 August 19 Johann Ignaz Ludwig Fischer , operatic bass died 1825 December 9 Maddalena Laura Sirmen , violinist, singer and composer died 1818 December 25 Chevalier de Saint Georges , the Black Mozart died 1799 date unknown Sophia Baddeley , actress and singer died 1786 Deaths February 18 Nicola Fago , composer and music teacher born 1677 March 15 Michel de la Barre , flautist and composer born c.1675 April 27 Jean Baptiste Morin composer Jean Baptiste Morin , composer born 1677 May 9 Tomaso Antonio Vitali , violinist and composer born 1663 June Johann Wilhelm Drese , composer born 1677 June 28 Antoine Forqueray , viola da gamba player and composer born 1672 October 24 Antonio Veracini , violinist and composer born 1659 December 23 Jan Dismas Zelenka , composer born 1679 date unknown Charles Coffey , dramatist and composer Christoph F rster , composer born 1693 Category 1745 in music pl 1745 w muzyce ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year nav topic 1735 music Events February 18 Flora becomes the first opera performed in the United States at Charleston, South Carolina . Maurice Greene composer Maurice Greene is appointed Master of the King s Musick . Shortly before his death, Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough , acknowledges opera singer Anastasia Robinson as his wife. Classical music Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto nach italienischen Gust Overture nach franz sischer Art Wilhelm Friedemann Bach 3 Fugues for Organ with Pedal Jan Dismas Zelenka Ges al Calvario oratorio Opera Egidio Romualdo Duni Nerone George Frideric Handel Ariodante Alcina Leonardo Leo Demofoonte Jean Philippe Rameau Les Indes galantes op ra ballet Births January 21 Johann Gottfried Eckard , pianist and composer died 1809 February Ernst Wilhelm Wolf , composer died 1792 May 13 Horace Coignet , composer died 1821 June 6 Anton Schweitzer , opera composer died 1787 September 5 Johann Christian Bach , composer died 1782 date unknown Charlotte Brent , operatic soprano died 1802 Franz Anton Spitzeder , operatic tenor and keyboard teacher died 1796 Deaths January 12 John Eccles composer John Eccles , composer born 1668 March 24 Georg Friedrich Kaufmann , organist and composer born 1679 June 22 Pirro Albergati , aristocrat and amateur composer born 1663 July 18 Johann Krieger , organist and composer born 1649 November 2 imon Brixi , composer born 1693 DEFAULTSORT 1735 In Music Category 1735 in music pl 1735 w muzyce ... more details
Antonio Bioni 1698 1739 was an Italy Italian composer best known for his opera s. He was born in Venice . Operas Climene 1721, Chioggia Mitridate 1722, Ferrara Cajo Mario 1722, Ferrara Udine 1722, Venice Orlando furioso 1724, Kuks Armida abbandonata 1725, Prague Armida al campo 1726, Wroc aw Endimione 1727, Wroc aw Lucio Vero 1727, Wroc aw Attalo ed Arsinoe 1727, Wroc aw Ariodante 1727, Wroc aw Filindo 1728, Wroc aw Artabano re de Parti 1728, Wroc aw Griselda 1728, Wroc aw Nissa ed Elpino 1728, Wroc aw Merope 1728, Wroc aw Arsinoe 1728, Wroc aw La fede tradita e vendicata 1729, Wroc aw Engelberta 1729, Wroc aw Andromaca 1729 30, Wroc aw Il ritorno del figlio con l abito pi approvato 1730, Prague with F. Mancini and M. Lucchini Ercole su l Termodonte 1730, Wroc aw Adone 1731, Prague Silvia 1732, Wroc aw Siroe 1732, Wroc aw Lucio Papirio 1732, Wroc aw La verit conosciuta 1732, Wroc aw Demetrio 1732, Wroc aw Issipile 1732, Wroc aw L Odio placato 1733, Wroc aw Artaserse 1733, Wroc aw Alessandro Severo 1733, Wroc aw Alessandro nell Indie 1733, Wroc aw Girita 1738, Wroc aw Reference Article Bioni, Antonio by Daniel E. Freeman and Sven Hansell in The Revised New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2001 DEFAULTSORT Bioni, Antonio Category 18th century composers Category Baroque composers Category Italian composers Category Opera composers Category People from Venice city Category 1698 births Category 1739 deaths it Antonio Bioni sl Antonio Bioni fi Antonio Bioni ... more details
Infobox Film name The Firemen of Viggi image image size caption director Mario Mattoli producer Dino De Laurentiis writer Marcello Marchesi br Mario Mattoli narrator starring Nino Taranto music cinematography Aldo Tonti editing Giuliana Attenni distributor released 16 April 1949 runtime 84 minutes country Film Italy language Italian budget preceded by followed by The Firemen of Viggi lang it I pompieri di Viggi is a 1949 in film 1949 cinema of Italy Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Nino Taranto . ref name NY Times cite web url http movies.nytimes.com movie 126388 I Pompieri Di Viggiu overview title New York Times The Firemen of Viggi accessdate 2008 07 31 work NY Times ref Cast Nino Taranto Himself Tot The Suitor Disguises Himself as Dummy Band Leader Vanda Osiris Herself Carlo Dapporto Himself Isa Barzizza Toto s conquest Mario Castellani Jealous husband Ariodante Dalla Ricky Denver French comedian Harry Feist Bahia dancer Elena Giusti Soubrette Myriam Glori Swimmer Laura Gore Pomponia References reflist External links imdb title id 0041758 title The Firemen of Viggiu Mario Mattoli CinemaofItaly DEFAULTSORT Firemen of Viggiu, The Category 1949 films Category Italian films Category Italian language films Category Black and white films Category Films directed by Mario Mattoli Category Musical comedy films 1940s Italy film stub it I pompieri di Viggi ... more details
Topi Lehtipuu born 24 March 1971 in Brisbane, Australia is a Finns Finnish opera operatic tenor . He has sung a variety of roles from different periods, including the title role in Benjamin Britten s Albert Herring at the Finnish National Opera , several roles in Mozart operas, including Belmonte in Die Entf hrung aus dem Serail and Tamino in Die Zauberfl te , both at the Th tre des Champs Elys es in Paris, and Ferrando in Cos fan tutte at the 2006 Glyndebourne Festival . He has also appeared in Handel s Ariodante Op ra National de Paris Paris Opera and as Hylas in Berlioz Les Troyens conducted by John Eliot Gardiner . He has worked with other well known conductors, such as William Christie , Michel Corboz , Ren Jacobs , Simon Rattle , and Christophe Rousset . ref name BachCantatas http www.bach cantatas.com Bio Lehtipuu Topi.htm Biography at Bach Cantatas.com . Accessed 24 October 2009. ref He has also sung concert repertoire including works by J. S. Bach , Monteverdi , P rt , Rameau , Einojuhani Rautavaara Rautavaara , Arnold Schoenberg Schoenberg , and Stravinsky . ref name BachCantatas Lehtipuu received his musical education at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and has studied with Peter Lindroos, Howard Crook , and Elisabeth Werres. ref name BachCantatas Recordings Arie Per Tenore I Barocchisti dir. Diego Fasolis , Naive, 2010. References references External links http topilehtipuu.com Official website . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lehtipuu, Topi ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 24 March 1971 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lehtipuu, Topi Category 1971 births Category Living people Category Operatic tenors Category Finnish opera singers Category Contemporary classical music performers Category Sibelius Academy alumni de Topi Lehtipuu pl Topi Lehtipuu fi Topi Lehtipuu ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Glenn Kesby born 26 September 1970 is an Australian countertenor , specialising in baroque music . Opera Glenn Kesby made his professional singing debut at the 25th Handel Festival in Karlsruhe , Germany, where he played Adelberto in Ottone , conducted by Charles Farncombe CBE. Since then, he has played several lead Handel opera roles including Julius Caesar and Ruggiero in Alcina for the Handel Opera Society , Rinaldo at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London, and most recently Apollo in Parnasso in Festa with Baroque Encounter at St. John s, Smith Square. Other opera roles have included Silvio in Handel s Il Pastor Fido Harmonie Universelle , Cupid in John Blow s Venus and Adonis , Spirit in Purcell s Dido and Aeneas Burghley Opera , Tolomeo in Julius Caesar , Arsamenes in Xerxes , Polinesso in Ariodante , and Venus in Pepusch s Venus and Adonis for the Handel House Museum . Concerts and oratorio Glenn was a soloist for the modern world premiere performance of the rediscovered Mozart orchestration of Handel s Judas Maccabaeus for John Pryce Jones and the Halifax Choral Society, broadcast on BBC TV UK and on Trio Arts Channel USA . His other concerts have included Handel s Messiah with the Halifax Choral Society, and also with Choros and the Oxford Sinfonia, Purcell s Come ye sons of art away and Mozart s Coronation Mass for the Queen s Golden Jubilee at St. Alban s Cathedral, Pergolesi s Stabat Mater , Rye Festival, post Restoration music at the Chelsea Festival , Lute songs at Hampton Court Palace , Handel s Dixit Dominus , Bach s Missa Brevis Lutheran Missa Missa Brevis in G minor and Purcell s Welcome to all the Pleasures at the Shipton Festival. Baroque encounter In 2004 he set up his own early music ensemble, Baroque Encounter, to stage lesser known baroque repertoire in full period costume in a style similar to the original performances. Other Glenn is a regular concert artist at London s Handel House Museum , and with the Artemis and Hanba ... more details
File Maurice Quentin de La Tour Mademoiselle Sall .jpg thumb 200px div align center Mademoiselle Sall by Maurice Quentin de La Tour 1741 BR small Lisbon, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian Calouste Gulbenkian Museum small div Marie Sall 1707 1756 was a French dancer and choreographer known for her expressive, dramatic performances rather than a series of leaps and frolics typical of ballet of her time. As a choreographer she integrated music , costume s, and dance styles of her ballets with their themes, thereby anticipating the reforms made by choreographer Jean Georges Noverre in the late 18th century. She changed the costume from heavy long dress to muslin flowing material which caused shock and delight. Sall studied with ballerina Fran oise Pr vost , who sponsored her debut in 1721 at the Acad mie Royale de Musique Paris Op ra . It is also thought possible that she studied with Jean Balon, who worked at the Paris Op ra. Her initial performances took place at Lincoln s Inn Fields Theatre at London , where she performed dances from George Frideric Handel s opera Rinaldo opera Rinaldo . In 1734 she was engaged by John Rich producer John Rich to perform at Covent Garden she danced in Terpsichore , a prologue to a revision of Handel s Il pastor fido , and in the premieres of the same composer s Alcina and Ariodante . References Sarah McCleave, Sall , Marie , Grove Music Online ed L. Macy Accessed 28 February 2007 , http www.grovemusic.com grovemusic.com , subscription access. Carl B. Schmidt, Dance opera , Grove Music Online ed L. Macy Accessed 03 April 2007 , http www.grovemusic.com grovemusic.com , subscription access. Hogwood, Christopher. Handel 1988 , Thames and Hudson, ISBN 0 500 27498 3. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Salle, Marie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1707 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1756 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Salle, Marie Category French dancers Sall , Marie Category Historical dance Sall , Marie Category 1707 ... more details
Gioacchino Conti 28 February 1714 25 October 1761 , best known as Gizziello , was an Italy Italian soprano castrato opera singer. File Gizziello Gioacchino Conti.jpg thumb Gioacchino Conti. Biography Conti was born in Arpino . After studying in Naples with Domenico Gizzi , whom he would later be dubbed after, he made his debut in Rome at a young age, in Leonardo Vinci s Artaserse 1730 . His career led him throughout Europe and especially to London , where he was engaged by Georg Friedrich H ndel H ndel , with whom he would build up profitable collaboration relations. Conti performed in many of his works, such as Atalanta opera Atalanta , Giustino , Berenice opera Berenice and Arminio , as well as in a revival of Ariodante . He executed later many first performances for the best famed musicians of his time, including Niccol Jommelli Manlio , 1746 , Baldassare Galuppi Artaserse , 1751 and Johann Adolf Hasse Demetrio opera Demetrio , 1747 . After 1759 Conti left the stage and settled in Rome, where he spent the last two years of his life. Being a very sharp sopranist for his time H ndel got him to repeatedly reach up to C musical note C6 , Conti was not quite well disposed towards abuse of coloratura and he chose rather to turn to better account his fluent and smooth style of rendering and expression he has thus remained famous as a sentimental and gentle singer, but he also always kept, of course, a condition of absolute excellence at vocal virtuosity, even though not so acrobatic as, for instance, that of his contemporary and friend Farinelli . Sources Rodolfo Celletti, Storia del belcanto , Discanto Edizioni, Fiesole, 1983, pp. 105 106, 125. Salvatore Caruselli a cura di , Grande enciclopedia della musica lirica , Longanesi &C. Periodici S.p.A., Roma, ad nomen . Saverio Tomasella, Le chant des songes , Pers e, Aix en Provence, 2010. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Conti, Gioacchino ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 28 February 17 ... more details
Lella Cuberli September 29, 1945 is an American soprano , particularly associated with the Belcanto repertory. Born Lella Terell in Austin, Texas , she studied in Dallas and later in Milan. She made her professional debut in Siena, in 1973, and for some years pursued her career mainly in Italy, making her mark in Rossini , Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini Bellini operas. She sang at Martina Franca from 1976 to 1982, as Tancredi Amenaide , Norma opera Adalgisa , and in Paisiello operas. She appeared at La Scala from 1978 to 1984, as Il re pastore Aminta , Ariodante Ginevra , Rodelinda opera Rodelinda , Lucio Silla Giunia . Other roles at the major opera houses of Italy have included Don Giovanni Donna Anna , Cosi fan tutte Fiordiligi , Rossini s Elisabetta, regina d Inghilterra Elisabetta and Otello Rossini Desdemona , etc. She also appeared at the Palais Garnier Paris Op ra , the Aix en Provence Festival , the Vienna State Opera and the Salzburg Festival . Returning to the United States, she made her debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1989, as Amenaide, and at the Metropolitan Opera in 1990, as Semiramide . In 1990, she also made her debut at Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, as Guillaume Tell Mathilde . She can be heard on disc in works by Mozart, notably in Daniel Barenboim s recording cycle of the Da Ponte operas, Le nozze di Figaro , Don Giovanni , Cosi fan tutte . She also recorded Giunia in Lucio Silla and Mozart s Great Mass in C minor under James Levine , the soprano part in Herbert von Karajan s recording of the Beethoven Missa Solemnis Beethoven Missa Solemnis and the Symphony No. 9 Beethoven 9th Symphony , Rossini s Il viaggio a Reims and Tancredi , and Donizetti s Pia de Tolomei . She has also recorded two solo recitals, of works by Donizetti, Bellini, Rossini, Pergolesi and Mozart. Cuberli s voice is not large, but rich and beautiful, and is firmly produced, flexible and used with style. She taught at the University of North Texas during the ... more details
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is sung by a mezzo soprano H ndel s Alcina Ruggiero is sung by a mezzo soprano H ndel s Ariodante The role of Ariodante was premiered by a soprano castrato and is performed today by a mezzo soprano. H ndel s Ariodante Lurcanio was originally written for contralto, but later rewritten by Handel for tenor ... more details
Georg Christoph Wagenseil 29 January 1715 &ndash 1 March 1777 was an Austria n composer . He was born in Vienna , and became a favorite pupil of the Vienna court s Kapellmeister , Johann Joseph Fux . ref Kucaba, John. Introduction Life in The Symphony 1720 1840 Series B Volume III, ed. Barry S. Brooks New York & London, 1981 p. xi ref Wagenseil himself composed for the court from 1739 to his death. He also held positions as harpsichord ist and organist . His pupils included Johann Baptist Schenk who was to teach Ludwig van Beethoven , and Marie Antoinette . He traveled little, and died in Vienna having spent most of his life there. Wagenseil was a well known musical figure in his day &mdash both Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are known to have been familiar with his works. His early works are Baroque music Baroque , while later pieces are in the lighter galant style. He composed a number of opera s, choir choral works, symphony symphonies , ref Kucaba, John. Thematic Index in The Symphony 1720 1840 Series B Volume III, ed. Barry S. Brooks New York & London, 1981 pp. xxxvii l ref concerto s, chamber music and keyboard instrument keyboard pieces. Operas La generosit trionfante 1745 Ariodante 1745 La clemenza di Tito 1745 Demetrio 1746 Alexander der Grosse in Indien 1748 Il Siroe 1748 L olimpiade 1749 Andromeda 1750 Antigono 1750 Euridice 1750 Armida placata 1750 Vincislao 1750 Le cacciatrici amanti 1755 Prometeo assoluto 1762 Catone ? Merope 1766 References reflist External links http www.hoasm.org XIIC Wagenseil.html HOASM IMSLP id Wagenseil, Georg Christoph http hdl.handle.net 1802 4963 Sonatas Op.2 Score from Sibley Music Library Digital Scores Collection Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Wagenseil, Georg Christoph ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Austrian composer DATE OF BIRTH 29 January 1715 PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna DATE OF DEATH 1 March 1777 PLACE OF DEATH Vienna DEFAULTSORT Wagenseil, Georg Christoph Category 1715 births Category 177 ... more details
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Image Giovanni Carestini.jpg thumb 210px Carestini Giovanni Carestini Filottrano , near Ancona , c. 1704 &ndash c. 1760 was an Italy Italian castrato of the 18th century, who sang in the opera s and oratorio s of George Frideric Handel . He is also remembered as having sung for Johann Adolph Hasse and Christoph Willibald Gluck . Career Carestini s career began in Milan in 1719, patronised at the time by the Cusani family hence the alternative name Cusanino . He sang for Alessandro Scarlatti at Rome in 1721. The scope of his burgeoning career quickly began to expand he was at the Vienna Viennese court during 1723, and followed this up with performances at Naples , Venice and Rome again, singing in operas by Hasse, Leonardo Vinci , and Nicola Porpora . He sang at Munich in 1731 before coming to London to sing for Handel in 1733. For Handel he sang the main roles in Arianna in Creta , Ariodante , and Alcina , and also performed in the oratorios Deborah Handel Deborah , Esther Handel Esther , and Athalia . While in Naples in 1735, he commanded a fee higher than that of the renowned Caffarelli castrato Caffarelli . Charles Burney records an entertaining Well, I like it anecdote from this time cquote Verdi prati , which was constantly encored during the whole run of Alcina , was, at first, sent back to HANDEL by Carestini, as unfit for him to sing upon which he went, in a great rage, to his house, and in a way which few composers, except HANDEL, ever ventured to accost a first singer , cries out You toc don t I know better as your seluf, vaat is pest for you to sing? If you vill not sing all de song vaat I give you, I will not pay you ein stiver. Following this peak, Carestini s career began to wane quickly. A London audience of 1740 was indifferent, and he returned to Italy in the early 1740s singing in Gluck s Demofoonte Gluck Demofoonte at Milan in 1743 , but was an employee of Maria Theresa of Austria Maria Theresa by 1744. From 1747 49 he sang for Hasse at Dresden , ... more details
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