From what is known that was his only Scarlatti-opera. He was born in
Naples 1660 and died in Naples March 7 1737. His first known libretto
was "La Cilla" which was performed privately in 1707. His librettos
were mostly written in the Naples dialect, only three were entirely
written in Tuscan (La fenta pazza co la fenta malata 1718, Il gemino
amore 1718 and Il trionfo dell?onore, 1718), and one (Angelica ed
Orlando) was part dialect and part Tuscan.
The Naples dialect had a very strong cultural value to its
inhabitants. If you are interested in the lingustics, check out the
article "Urban Arcadia: Representations of the "Dialect" of Naples in
Linguistic Theory and Comic Theater, 1696-1780" by Barbara Ann Naddeo
in Eighteenth-Century Studies 35.1 (2001) (the journal of The American
Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies).
Here are his operas according to Grove with composers and year:
La Cilla, Faggioli, 1707
Le fenzejune abbenturate, N. Fago, 1710
Li viecchie coffejate, ? Falco, 1710
La Cianna, Fago, 1711
Lo finto Armeneio, A. Orefice, 1717
Le fente zingare, Orefice, 1717 (rev. Leo, 1724)
Retella e Chiarchia, Orefice, 1718
La fenta pazza co la fenta malata, Orefice, 1718
Il gemino amore, Orefice, 1718
Il trionfo dell?onore, A. Scarlatti, 1718
La forza della virtù, Feo, 1719
La festa de Bacco, Vinci, 1722
Li stravestemiente affortunate, Domenico, 1722
La Locinna, Orefice, 1723 (Leo and Orefice, 1733, as La Rosilla)
Le pazzie d?ammore, Falco, 1723
Le fente zingare, comp. unknown, 1724
Lo ?ngiegno de le femmene, Corradini, 1724
L?aracolo de Dejana, Corradini, 1725
La Donna Violante, Leo, 1726
Lo viecchio avaro, G. de Majo, 1727
La vecchia trammera, Leo and Orefice, 1732
La finta pellegrina, Orefice and Sarro, 1734
Il trionfo del glorioso patriarca, S Francesco di Paola, 1734
Angelica ed Orlando, Latilla, 1735 |
