Carlo Pallavicino (Pallavicini; 29 January 1688) was an Italian composer. Pallavicino was born at

Salò Salò (; ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Brescia in the region of Lombardy (northern Italy) on the banks of Lake Garda, on which it has the longest promenade. The city was the Governance#Seat of government, seat of government of th ...

. From 1666 to 1673, he worked at the Dresden court; from 1674 to 1685, at the ''

Ospedale degli Incurabili The Ospedale degli Incurabili (''Hospital for the Incurables'') or Complesso degli Incurabili is an ancient and prominent hospital complex located on Via Maria Longo in central Naples, Italy. Part of the complex, including the remarkable pharm ...

'' (a conservatory where orphaned children were musically trained) in

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and further in Dresden. In August and September 1687, he was with the concert master Georg Gottfried Backstroh back in Venice. He asked for renewal of his leave because his wife expected to give birth, but he was rejected. He died in

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

, and his grave is located in the Convent of the St. Mariestern. He wrote more than 20 operas premiered in Venice and Dresden,

oratorios An oratorio () is a musical composition with dramatic or narrative text for choir, soloists and orchestra or other ensemble. Similar to opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguishabl ...

and sacred works. His son, Dresden court writer

Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino (21 March 1672 – 16 April 1742) was an Italian poet and opera librettist. He was the son of the composer Carlo Pallavicino (1630?-1688). (Their surname Pallavicino is sometimes spelt Pallavicini.) Biography Pa ...

, was a known

librettist A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major ...

Works

Operas

*''Demetrio'' (

dramma per musica The phrase ''dramma per musica'' (also spelled ''drama per musica''; Italian language, Italian, literally: 'play (or drama) for music', plural: ''drammi per musica'') is commonly found after the title in Italian opera librettos beginning in the ...

, libretto by Giacomo dall'Angelo, 1666, Venice) *''Aureliano'' (dramma per musica con prologo, libretto by Giacomo dall'Angelo, 1666, Venice) *''Il tiranno humiliato d'amore, ovvero Il Meraspe'' (dramma per musica con prologo, libretto by

Giovanni Faustini Giovanni Faustini (1615 – 19 December 1651) was an Italian librettist and opera impresario of the 17th century. He is best remembered for his collaborations with the composer Francesco Cavalli. Life and career Faustini was born in Venice. Impr ...

, revised by

Nicolò Beregan Count Nicolò Beregan (also ''Berengani'' and ''Bergani''; 1627-1713) was an Italian nobleman, lawyer and amateur opera librettist. His ''Giustino'' was first set to music in 1683 by composer Giovanni Legrenzi for '' Il Giustino'', and later reused ...

, 1667, Venice) *''Diocleziano'' (dramma per musica, libretto by

Matteo Noris Matteo Noris (1640, Venice – 6 October 1714, Treviso Treviso ( ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 87.322 inhabitants (as ...

, 1674, Venice) *''Enea in Italia'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Giacomo Francesco Bussani, 1675, Venice) *''Galieno'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Matteo Noris, 1675, Venice) *''Vespasiano'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Giulio Cesare Corradi, 1678, Venice; opera for the inauguration of the

Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo The Teatro Malibran, known over its lifetime by a variety of names, beginning with the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo (or Crisostomo) after the nearby church,Lynn 2005, pp. 101—103 is an opera house in Venice which was inaugurated in 1678 with a ...

) *''Nerone'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Giulio Cesare Corradi, 1679, Venice) *''Le amazoni nell'isole fortunate'' (dramma per musica con prologo, libretto by Francesco Maria Piccioli, 1679, at

Villa Contarini Villa Contarini is a mostly Baroque-style, patrician rural palace in Piazzola sul Brenta, province of Padova, in the region of the Veneto of northern Italy. The villa is spread over a 40 hectare area, with canals, and a lake. Now owned by the g ...

, Piazzola sul Brenta; opera for the inauguration of the private theatre of the Procurator Marco

Contarini The Contarini is one of the founding families of Venicehttps://archive.org/details/teatroaraldicose02tett, Leone Tettoni. ''Teatro araldico ovvero raccolta generale delle armi ed insegne gentilizie delle piu illustri e nobili casate che esis ...

) *''Messalina'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Francesco Maria Piccioli, 1679, Venice) *''Bassiano, ovvero Il maggior impossibile'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Matteo Noris, 1682, Venice) *''Carlo re d'Italia'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Matteo Noris, 1683, Venice) *''Il re infante'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Matteo Noris, 1683, Venice) *''Licinio imperatore'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Matteo Noris, 1683, Venice) *''Ricimero re de' vandali'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Matteo Noris, 1684, Venice) *''Massimo Puppieno'' (dramma per musica, libretto by

Aurelio Aureli Aurelio Aureli (Venice, before 1652 – id. after 1708) was an Italian librettist. 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, excep ...

, 1685, Venice) *''Penelope la casta'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Matteo Noris, 1685, Venice) *''Amore inamorato'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Matteo Noris, 1686, Venice) *''Didone delirante'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Antonio Franceschi, 1686, Venice) *''L'amazone corsara, ovvero L' Avilda regina de' Goti'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Giulio Cesare Corradi, 1686, Venice)

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