Aurelio Aureli (Venice, before 1652 – id. after 1708) was an Italian
librettist
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.
Life
Little is known about Aureli's life. He began his operatic career in 1652 with ''L'Erginda''. Until 1687, he worked as a librettist mainly in Venice, except for a brief trip to Vienna. In Venice he was a member of the ''Accademia degli Imperfetti'' and perhaps also of the ''
Accademia degli Incogniti
The Accademia degli Incogniti (Academy of the Unknowns), also called the Loredanian Academy, was a learned society of freethinking intellectuals, mainly Venetian nobility, noblemen, that significantly influenced the cultural and political life of ...
''. From 1688 to 1694 he was, however, in the service of the Duke of Parma, during which time he wrote a dozen plays, almost all of which were subsequently set to music by the court composer
Bernardo Sabadini. The last librettos were written in Venice and other cities of the Republic.
Work
His works include over 50 libretti, including:
* ''L'Erginda'' (1652), set to music by
Gasparo Sartorio
* ''
Erismena'' (1655), set to music by
Francesco Cavalli
Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverdi as the dominant and leading op ...
* ''Le fortune di Rodope e Damira'',
Pietro Andrea Ziani,
Venise (1657);
* ''Il Perseo'', set to music by , Venise, Teatro ai SS. Giovanni e Paolo, (1665);
* diverse versioni de ''L'Eliogabalo'', set to music by Giovanni Antonio Boretti and
Francesco Cavalli
Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverdi as the dominant and leading op ...
(1668); and by (1670);
* ''La costanza di Rosmonda'', set to music by (1670);
* ''Alessandro Magno in Sidone'', set to music by
Marc'Antonio Ziani, Venise, Teatro Grimano ai Santi Giovanni e Paolo,
Carnaval 1679; Naples,
Royal Palace of Naples
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, 6 November 1679, then Vicence, Teatro di Piazza, 1682, then under the title ''La Virtù Sublimata dal Grande, overo il Macedone continente'', Venise, Teatro di
Cannaregio
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Isola di San Michele, the historic cemetery island, is associate ...
, 1683; Padoue, Teatro Obizzi, 26 December 1706;
* ''Talestri innamorata d'Alessandro Magno'',
Bernardo Sabadini;
* ''La ninfa bizzarra'',
Marc'Antonio Ziani, Novo Teatro sulla Brenta,
Dolo
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Places
*Dolo, Veneto, a town in the province of Venice, northern Italy
*Dolo (river), a river in the Reggio-Emilia province of Italy
*Dolo, Burkina Faso, a town in Burkina Faso
*Dolo, Côtes-d'Armor, a town in France
*Dolo, Eth ...
(1697), (several times revived),
Rovigo
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Geography
Rovigo stands on the low ground known as Polesine, by rail southwest of Veni ...
, in 1706 under the title ''Gli amanti delusi'', Venise, in 1708 under the title ''Il cieco geloso'' set to music by Polani,
San Giovanni in Persiceto
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Located in the northern part of the Metropolitan Ci ...
, in 1729 under thee title ''Amore e gelosia'' set to music by Buini; then taken over by
Johann Adolf Hasse);
* ''Rosane imperatrice degli Assirij'', Venice, end of the 17th century.
* ''Medea, ''Venise, 1675, music by Zanettini (ou Gianettini). This opera opened the Hangar du Quai aux Foins in Brussels on 24 January 1682, the precursor of
la Monnaie inaugurated in 1700.
Aureli Aurelio
on IMSLP
References
Further reading
* Anna Amalie Abert: ''Aurelio Aureli'', in '' Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik'', vol. 1, Kassel 1956, pp. 452–455.
* Aurelio Aureli and Marc'Antonio Ziani, ''Alessandro Magno in Sidone'', Padova
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, CLEUP, 2013
* Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna, ''Illustri Muranesi richiamati alla memoria e offerti alla gentilissima signora Ludovica Bigaglia-Bertolini'', Venice, Tipografia Martinengo, 1858
* Claudio Mutini, ''Aurelio Aureli'' (s.v.), in ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
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'', Firenze, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1960.
External links
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Musicians from Venice
17th-century Venetian writers
Italian librettists
Dramatists and playwrights from the Republic of Venice
Date of birth unknown
Date of death unknown