Giuseppe Nicolini

born on 29/1/1762 in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

died on 18/12/1842 in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Giuseppe Nicolini

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Giuseppe Nicolini (or Niccolini;[1] 29 January 1762 18 December 1842) was an Italian composer who wrote at least 45 operas. From 1819 onwards, he devoted himself primarily to religious music. He was born and died at Piacenza.

Operas

Nicolini's operas include:

  • La famiglia stravagante (dramma giocoso, 1793, Parma)
  • La clemenza di Tito (opera seria, libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1797, Livorno)
  • I due fratelli ridicoli (Li fratelli ridicoli) (dramma giocoso, libretto by Filippo Livigni, 1798, Rome)
  • Il trionfo del bel sesso (dramma giocoso, libretto by Giovanni Bertati, 1799)
  • I baccanali di Roma (1801, Milan)
  • Il geloso innamorato (farsa, libretto by Giambattista Lorenzi, 1804, Naples)
  • Traiano in Dacia (opera seria, libretto by Michelangelo Prunetti, 1807, Rome)
  • Le due gemelle (farsa, 1808, Rome)
  • Coriolano ossia L'assedio di Roma (opera seria, libretto by Luigi Romanelli, 1808, Milan)
  • Angelica e Medoro ossia L'Orlando (opera seria, libretto by Gaetano Sertor from Pietro Metastasio, 1810, Turin)
  • Abradate e Dircea (opera seria, libretto by Luigi Romanelli, 1811, Milan)
  • Quinto Fabio (Quinto Fabio Rutililiano) (opera seria, libretto by Giuseppe Rossi, 1811, Vienna)
  • La casa dell'astrologo (dramma giocoso, libretto by Luigi Romanelli, 1811, Milan)
  • Le nozze dei Morlacchi (I Morlacchi) (opera seria, 1811, Vienna)
  • La feudataria ossia Il podestà ridicolo (dramma giocoso, 1812, Piacenza)
  • Carlo Magno (opera seria, libretto by Antonio Peracchi, 1813, Piacenza)
  • L'eroe di Lancastro (opera seria, libretto by Giuseppe Rossi, 1821, Turin)
  • Aspasia e Agide (opera seria, libretto by Luigi Romanelli, 1824, Milan)

Notes

  1. Andrea Lanza. "Giuseppe Nicolini", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed August 17 2013), grovemusic.com (subscription access).

Sources

  • The Concise Grove Dictionary of Music, "Giuseppe Nicolini", Oxford University Press, Inc., 1994. Accessed online from Answers.com, 13 October 2009.
  • The list of operas is translated from Giuseppe Nicolini on the Italian Wikipedia.
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