Filippo marchetti biography
Filippo Marchetti
Italian composer
Filippo Marchetti (26 February , Bolognola, Macerata &#; 18 January , Rome) was an Italian operacomposer. After studying in Naples, his first opera was "successfully premiered"[1] in Turin in With only limited success, he became a teacher of singing and composition in Rome before composing Romeo e Giulietta for a premiere in Trieste in
Overshadowed like other Italian opera composers of his period by the genius of Verdi, Marchetti achieved one great success with his opera - Ruy Blas - which was based on Victor Hugo's play, Ruy Blas.
It has been noted that "it was one of the first Italian operas to display the influence of French grand opera, partly, no doubt in response to its French source".[1] The opera was performed into the 20th Century.[1]
Major works
- Gentile da Varano, February , Turin
- La demente, 27 November , Turin
- Il paria,
- Romeo e Giulietta, 25 October , Trieste; revised and
- Ruy Blas, 3 April , Milan.
- Gustavo Wasa, 7 February , Milan.
- Don Giovanni d'Austria, 11 March , Turin
Recordings
- Romeo e Giulietta.Filippo Marchetti - Discography of American Historical Recordings: Filippo Marchetti (26 February , Bolognola, Macerata – 18 January , Rome) was an Italian opera composer. After studying in Naples, his first opera was "successfully premiered" [1] in Turin in
With Daolio, Portoghese, Coletta, Cassi, and Dolari. Cond: Yurkevych. Audio CD: Dynamic, Cat: CDS /
- Ruy Blas with Theodossiou, Marini, Malagnini, Gazale, Moncini. Cond: Lipton. Audio CD: Bongiovanni, Cat: GB /
References
- Notes
- ^ abcHolden, Amanda (Ed.), pp.
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- Sources
- Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, ISBN&#;
- Nicolaisen, Jay, Italian Opera in Transition, , UMI Research Press, ISBN&#;