Gian Domenico Partenio () was a

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composer of operas during the

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. He served as vice ''

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'' of

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from 1685, before succeeding

Giovanni Battista Volpe Giovanni Battista Volpe (–1691) was a Venetian composer for operas during the Baroque period. He was also known as Rovetta and Rovettino. Volpe was an organist at St Mark's Basilica, and succeeded Giovanni Legrenzi as ''maestro di capella'' ...

as from 1692 until 1701. In 1672, he composed the music for

Cristoforo Ivanovich Cristoforo Ivanovich (1628–1689) was the first historian of Venetian opera, who also wrote several librettos of his own. Biography Ivanovich was born in Budva, Budua (Budva), at the time part of Venetian Albania (now southeastern Montenegro). A ...

's ''La costanza trionfante'', which premiered at Venice's San Moisè church. Partenio collaborated frequently with the

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 ...

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 ...

. In November 1681, their opera ''Flavio Cuniberto'' was performed for the first time in the

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. A revised version of the opera premiered in the same theatre in 1687, with a new

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for the role of Theodata. In the same year, he composed the music for the second and third acts of Noris' ''Dionisio'', which was performed in the

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. In 1682, he composed music for the first act of

Nicolò Minato Count Nicolò Minato (b. Bergamo, ca. 1627; d. Vienna, 28 February 1698) was an Italian poet, librettist and impresario. His career can be divided into two parts: the years he spent at Venice, from 1650 to 1669, and the years at Vienna, from 1669 u ...

's ''La bugia regnante'', which was performed at a theatre in the

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district of Venice. He is also believed to have composed music for

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 ...

's ''Il Genserico''. It premiered in 1669 at the Santi Giovanni e Paolo church, and has music also attributed to

Antonio Cesti Antonio Cesti (; baptised Pietro Cesti, 5 August 1623; died 14 October 1669), known today primarily as an Italian composer of the Baroque era, was also a singer (tenor) and organist. He was "the most celebrated Italian musician of his generatio ...

Compositions

*''Il Genserico'', libretto by

(premiered 1669; attributed) *''La costanza trionfante'', libretto by

(premiered 1672) *''Flavio Cuniberto'', libretto by

(premiered 1681; revised in 1687) *''Dionisio'', libretto by Matteo Noris (premiered 1681; acts 2 & 3) *''La bugia regnante'', libretto by

(premiered 1682; act 1)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Partenio, Gian Domenico 1710 deaths Italian opera composers Cappella Marciana maestri