Orlandini, Giuseppe Maria
Orlandini, Giuseppe Maria
Orlandini, Giuseppe Maria, prominent Italian composer; b. Florence, March 19, 1675; d. there, Oct. 24, 1760. He most likely received his musical training in Florence. He served as maestro di cappella at the court of Tuscany during most of his career, and also held that position in Florence at the Cathedral (1732–60) and at S. Michele (1734–57). His Serpilla e Bacocco was one of the most celebrated stage works of the 18th century.
Works
dramatic: opera:Artaserse (Naples, 1708; additional music by F. Mancini); L’amor generoso (Pratolino, 1708; additional music by R. Cerruti); L’odio e l’amore (Genoa, 1709); La fede tradita e vendicata (Genoa, 1709); Ataulfo re de’Goti, ovvero La forza della virtù (Rome, Carnival 1712); L’innocenza difesa (Ferrara, 1712); Teuzzone (Ferrara, 1712); Carlo, re d’Alemagna (Bologna, Oct. 28, 1713); Nerone fatto Cesare (Venice, Carnival 1715; in collaboration with others); Amore e maestà (Florence, 1715; rev. as Arsace, London, Jan. 1, 1721); I veri amici (Naples, Nov. 26, 1715); Griselda, ovvero La virtù al cimento (Brescia, Carnival 1716); La Merope (Bologna, Oct. 24, 1717); Lucio Papirio (Naples, Dec. 11, 1717; additional music by F. Feo); Antigona (Venice, Carnival 1718; rev. as La fedeltà coronata, Bologna, 1727); Le amazoni vinte da Èrcole (Reggio Emilia, Aprii 1718); Ifigenia in Tauride (Venice, Carnival 1719); II carciere di se stesso (Turin, Dec. 26, 1719); Paride (Venice, Carnival 1720); II Farasmene (Bologna, Nov. 1720; rev. as L’amor tirannico, Pesaro, Carnival 1722); Nerone (Hamburg, 1720); Nino (Rome, Jan. 7, 1722; with additional music by A. Tinazzoli, Pesaro, Carnival 1723); Semiramide (Turin, Carnival 1722); Ormisda (Bologna, 1722); Alessandro Severo (Milan, Jan. 1723); L’Oronta (Milan, Jan. 1724); Berenice (Venice, Carnival 1725); Adelaide (Genoa, Carnival 1726; with additional music by others, Mantua, Carnival 1731); La fida ninfa (Venice, 1730); Massimiano (Venice, Carnival 1731); Ifigenia in Aulide (Florence, Carnival 1732); Temistocle (Florence, Carnival 1737); Le nozze di Perseo e Andromeda (Florence, 1738); Arianna (Florence, Jan. 1739); Venceslao (Florence, Dec. 26, 1741); Vologeso re de’Parti (Florence, Jan. 1742); Lo scialacquatore (Florence, 1744). intremezzos:Madama Dulcinea e il cuoco del Marchese del Bosco, ovvero La preziosa ridicola (Rome, 1712); Lisetta e Delfo (Rome, Carnival 1713); II Marito giocatore e la moglie becchatona (Venice, Jan. 1719; best known as Serpilla e Bacocco); Melinda e Tiburzio (Venice, Carnival 1721; rev. as La Donna nobile, Venice, Carnival 1730); II bottegaro gentiluomo, ovvero Larinda e Vanesio (Florence, Carnival 1721); L’Ammalato immaginario (Florence, Carnival 1725); Un vecchio innamorato (Florence, Carnival 1732); Porsugnacco e Grilletta (Milan, 1727); Grullo e Moschetta (Venice, Carnival 1725); II Marito geloso (St. Petersburg, 1734); Balbo e Dalisa (Rome, Carnival 1740). other: 8 oratorios (only librettos extant).
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis Mclntire