Rinaldo di (da) Capua (

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 ...

, c. 1705 – probably

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, c. 1780) was an Italian composer. Little is known of him with any certainty, including his name, although he was known to

Charles Burney Charles Burney (7 April 1726 – 12 April 1814) was an English music historian, composer and musician. He was the father of the writers Frances Burney and Sarah Burney, of the explorer James Burney, and of Charles Burney, a classicis ...

. He may have been the father of composer Marcello Bernardini.

Works

Operas

*''Ciro riconosciuto'' (dramma per musica, 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 ...

, 1737, Rome) *Untitled comic opera (1737, Rome) *''La commedia in commedia'' (dramma giocoso, libretto by Francesco Vanneschi, after C. A. Pelli, 1738, Rome) *'' Vologeso, re de' Parti'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Guido Eustachio Luccarelli, after ''Lucio Vero'' of

Apostolo Zeno Apostolo Zeno (11 December 1668 – 11 November 1750) was a Venetian poet, librettist, journalist, and man of letters. Early life Apostolo Zeno was born in Venice to a Kingdom of Candia#Establishment_of_Venetian_rule, colonial branch of the ...

, 1739, Rome) *''Farnace'' (dramma per musica, libretto by

Antonio Maria Lucchini Antonio Maria Lucchini or Luchini (Venice, c. 1690 – Venice, before 1730) was an Italian librettist. His texts were set to music by Antonio Vivaldi, Baldassare Galuppi, Leonardo Vinci, and Rinaldo di Capua, among others. Libretti *''Foca sup ...

, 1739, Venice) *''La libertà nociva'' (dramma giocoso, libretto by Giovanni Gualtiero Barlocci, 1740, Rome) *''Catone in Utica'' (dramma per musica, libretto by

, 1740, Lisbon) *''Didone abbandonata'' (dramma per musica, libretto by

, 1741, Lisbon) *''Ipermestra'' (dramma per musica, libretto by

, 1741, Lisbon) *''Le nozze di Don Trifone'' (

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, libretto by N. G. Neri, 1743, Rome) *''Turno Heredonio Aricino'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Silvio Stampiglia, 1743, Rome) *''Il bravo burlato'' (intermezzo, libretto by Antonio Pavoni, 1745, Rome) *''La forza del sangue'' (intermezzo, 1746, Rome) *''La finta zingarella'' (intermezzo, 1748, Perugia) *''Il vecchio amante'' (dramma giocoso, 1748, Turin) *''Il bravo e il bello'' (intermezzo, 1748, Rome) *''Mario in Numidia'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Giampietro Tagliazucchi, 1749, Rome) *Opera comica senza titolo (1750) *''Il ripiego in amore di Flaminia finta cameriera e Turno'' (farsetta, libretto by Angelo Lungi, 1751, Rome) *''Il galoppino'' (intermezzo, 1751, Rome) *''Gli impostori'' (dramma giocoso, 1751, Modena) *''Il cavalier Mignatta' (intermezzo, 1751, Rome) *''La forza della pace'' (intermezzo, libretto by G. Puccinelli and G. Aureli, 1752, Rome) *''La serva sposa'' (intermezzo, 1753, Rome) *''L'amante delusa'' (farsetta giocosa, 1753, libretto by Antonio Pavoni, 1753, Rome) *''La zingara'' (intermezzo, 1753, Parigi) - reworked in French as ''La bohemienne'' by Favart. *''La chiavarina'' (intermezzo, libretto by G. Peruzzini and A. Luigi, 1754, Rome) *''Attalo'' (dramma per musica, libretto by Antonio Papi (pseudonimo di Cleofonte Doriano), 1754, Rome) *''La smorfiosa'' (intermezzo, 1756, Rome) *''Il capitano napoletano'' (commedia, 1756, Firenze) *'' Adriano in Siria'' (dramma per musica, libretto by

, 1756, Rome) *''Le donne ridicole'' (intermezzo, libretto 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 ...

, 1759, Rome) *''Il giocatore ed il cavatesori'' (intermezzo, 1762, Cagli) *''Il matrimonio in villa o sia L'amante di tutte'' (farsetta, libretto by A. Galuppi, 1762, Rome) *''Il caffè di campagna'' (farsetta, libretto by

Pietro Chiari Pietro Chiari (; 25 December 1712 – 31 August 1785) was an Italian Catholic priest, playwright, novelist and librettist. Life Chiari was born and died in Brescia. He was a Jesuit until leaving the order in 1747. From 1747 to 1762 he was cou ...

, 1764, Rome) *''Il passeggio in villa'' (farsetta, 1765, Rome) *''Il contadino schernito''(intermezzo, 1768, Rome) *''I finti pazzi per amore'' (farsetta, libretto by Tommaso Mariani, 1770, Rome) *''La donna vendicata, o sia L'erudito spropositato'' (farsetta, libretto by A. Pioli, 1771, Rome) *''La Giocondina'' (opera buffa, 1778, Rome)

References

Zingara Bohémienne

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