Marcello Bernardini (or Marcello da Capua; near

Capua Capua ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Caserta, in the region of Campania, southern Italy, located on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain. History Ancient era The name of Capua comes from the Etruscan ''Capeva''. The ...

, 1730 or 1740 – around 1799) was an Italian composer and

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 ...

. Little is known of him, save that he wrote 37 operas in his career. His father was most likely the composer Rinaldo di Capua.

Operas

*''La schiava astuta'' (intermezzo, 1765, Rome) *''La pescatrice'' (farsetta, 1768, Rome) *''Il Don Chisciotte della Mancia'' (

dramma giocoso ''Dramma giocoso'' (Italian, literally: drama with jokes; plural: ''drammi giocosi'') is a genre of opera common in the mid-18th century. The term is a contraction of ''dramma giocoso per musica'' and describes the opera's libretto (text). The g ...

, libretto by Giovanni Battista Lorenzi, 1769, Turin) *''Il cavaliere errante'' (farsetta, libretto by Marcello Bernardini, 1770, Rome) *''La donna di spirito'' (farsetta, libretto by Marcello Bernardini, after that for ''La vedova scaltra'' by

Carlo Goldoni Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (, also , ; 25 February 1707 – 6 February 1793) was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays ...

, 1770, Rome) *''La molinara astuta'' (intermezzo, 1770, Rome) *''Amore in musica'' (opera buffa, 1773, Rome) *''La contessina'' (dramma giocoso, libretto by

Marco Coltellini Marco Coltellini (24 May 1724, in Montepulciano – November 1777, in Saint Petersburg) was an Italian opera tenor, libretto, librettist and Printer (publisher), printer. Biography Coltellini embarked on a career in the Church, but had to leav ...

, after

, 1773, Rome) *''La bella forestiera ossia La viaggiatrice fortunata'' (farsetta, 1776, Rome) *''La finta sposa olandese'' (farsetta, 1777, Rome) *''L'isola incantata'' (intermezzo, 1778, Rome) *''L'ambizione delusa'' (intermezzo, 1779, Rome) *''Il bassà generoso'' (intermezzo, 1780, Rome) *''Il vecchio ringiovanito'' (intermezzo, 1781, Rome) *''Le vendette giocose ossia Il conte pasticcio'' (intermezzo, 1782, Rome) *''Il conte di bell'umore'' (intermezzo, 1783, Florence) *''La poetessa fanatica ossiano Li due gemelli'' (opera buffa, 1784, Rome) *''Li due Orfei'' (intermezzo, 1784, Rome) *''Le donne bisbetiche ossia L'antiquario fanatico'' (farsetta, libretto by Marcello Bernardini, 1785, Rome) *''Li muti per amore ossia La schiava fedele'' (farsetta, libretto by Marcello Bernardini, 1786, Florence) *''Gli amanti confusi ossia Il brutto fortunato'' (farsetta, 1786, Rome) *''La fonte d'aqua gialla ossia Il trionfo della pazzia'' (opera buffa, libretto by Marcello Bernardini, 1786, Rome) *''Barone a forza ossia il trionfo di Bacco'' (opera buffa, 1786, Florence) *''La fiera di Forlinpopoli'' (opera buffa, 1789, Rome) *''Gl'incontri stravaganti'' (opera buffa, 1790, Naples) *''L'ultima che si perde è la speranza'' (opera buffa, libretto by Francesco Saverio Zini, 1790, Naples) *''Il pazzo glorioso'' (opera buffa, libretto by Giovanni Bertati, 1790, Casalmaggiore) *''Pizzarro nell'Indie'' (opera seria, 1791, Naples) *''L'allegria della campagna'' (opera buffa, 1791, Naples) *''L'amore per incanto'' (opera buffa, 1791, Naples) *''La statua per puntiglio'' (opera buffa, 1792, Venice) *''Il conte brillante'' (opera buffa, 1792, Varese) *''Achille in Sciro'' (opera seria, libretto by

Pietro Metastasio Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (3 January 1698 – 12 April 1782), better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio (), was an Italian poet and Libretto, librettist, considered the most important writer of ''opera seria'' libretti. Early ...

, 1794, Venice) *''La sposa polacca'' (dramma bernesco, libretto by Marcello Bernardini, 1796, Rome) *''Don Simoncino ossia Furberia e puntiglio'' (farsa giocosa, libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa, 1798, Venice) *''Le tre orfanelle ossia La scuola di musica'' (farsa, libretto by Giovanni Bertati, 1798, Venice) *''Il muto per astuzia'' (farsa giocosa, libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa, 1799, Venice)

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* Italian Classical-period composers Italian opera composers Italian male opera composers Italian opera librettists 18th-century births 1799 deaths Year of birth uncertain People from the Province of Caserta 18th-century Italian composers 18th-century Italian male musicians Italian male dramatists and playwrights Musicians from the Kingdom of Naples {{Italy-composer-stub