Antonio Maria Mazzoni (4 January 1717 – 8 December 1785) was an Italian
composer
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Etymology and def ...
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[Mozart Briefe und Aufzeichnungen: Gesamtausgabe Wilhelm A. Bauer, Leopold Mozart - 1971 -"„Maestro Mazzoni": Antonio Maria Mazzoni (1717 bis 1785), Schüler Predieris ( vgl. zu Z. 8), seit 1759 Domkapellmeister, seit 1736 Mitglied der Accademia Filarmonica, deren „Principe" er fünfmal war."]
Born in Milan, the son of a clockmaker, Mazzoni first gained an interest in music at the age of six, and at age fifteen, was sent to study under Swiss German musician and composer,
Johann von Griesemer, under who he studied under for three years until 1735. In 1735, he moved to Paris, where he spent the next five years working in multiple high-profile theatres, steadily honing his craft, especially under the mentorship of one particular, Jacques Saint-Antonine before moving to
Great Britain
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, where he spent three years composing music for the King at the time,
George II before returning to Milan in 1743. He spent nearly the last ten years of his life in
Rome
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, where he died on 8 December 1785 at the age of 68, perhaps following a stroke.
Operas
*''Siroe, re di Persia'' (opera seria, libretto di
Pietro Metastasio, 1746,
Fano
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*''L'Issipile'' (opera seria, libretto di
Pietro Metastasio, 1747 or 1748,
Macerata)
*''La Didone abbandonata'' (opera seria, libretto di
Pietro Metastasio, 1752 or 1753,
Bologna
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*''Il Demofoonte'' (opera seria, libretto di
Pietro Metastasio, 1754,
Parma)
*''Achille in Sciro'' (opera seria, libretto di
Pietro Metastasio, 1754,
Piacenza
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*''L'astuzie amorose'' (opera buffa, 1754,
Piacenza
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*''La clemenza di Tito'' (opera seria, libretto di
Pietro Metastasio, 1755,
Lisbon
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*''Antigono'' (opera seria, libretto di
Pietro Metastasio, 1755,
Lisbon
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*''Ifigenia in Taurride'' (opera seria, libretto di
Marco Coltellini, 1756,
Treviso)
*''Il viaggiatore ridicolo'' (opera buffa, libretto di
Carlo Goldoni, 1757,
Parma)
*''Il re pastore'' (a.k.a.''Aminta'', opera seria, libretto di
Pietro Metastasio, 1757,
Bologna
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*''Arianna e Teseo'' (opera seria, libretto di
Pietro Pariati, 1758,
Teatro San Carlo di Napoli con
Giusto Fernando Tenducci)
*''L'Eumene'' (opera seria, libretto di
Apostolo Zeno, 1759,
Teatro Regio di Torino diretta da
Giovanni Battista Somis con
Gaetano Guadagni)
*''L'astuto ciarlatano'' (intermezzo, 1760,
Bologna
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*''Le stravaganze del caso'' (intermezzo, 1760,
Bologna
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*''Adriano in Siria'' (opera seria, libretto di
Pietro Metastasio, 1760,
Venezia)
*''Il mercante fallito'' (faresetta, libretto di A. Boschi, 1762, Roma)
*''Nitteti'' (opera seria in tre atti, libretto di
Pietro Metastasio, 1764, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli con
Caterina Gabrielli ed
Anton Raaff)
*''L'inglese in Italia'' (dramma giocoso, 1769,
Teatro Comunale di Bologna)
References
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1717 births
1785 deaths
Italian opera composers
Italian male opera composers
18th-century Italian composers
18th-century Italian male musicians
Composers from Milan
Duchy of Milan people
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