Francesco Antonio Pistocchi
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Francesco Antonio Mamiliano Pistocchi nicknamed Pistocchino (1659 - 13 May 1726) was an Italian singer, composer and librettist.
Pistocchino was born in Palermo
. He was a boy soprano prodigy, and later made his career as a castrato
. From 1696 to 1700 he was maestro di cappella for the Duke of Ansbach. After 1700 he founded as singing school in Bologna. He died in Bologna
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Pistocchino was born in Palermo
Palermo
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...
. He was a boy soprano prodigy, and later made his career as a castrato
Castrato
A castrato is a man with a singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto voice produced either by castration of the singer before puberty or one who, because of an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity.Castration before puberty prevents a boy's...
. From 1696 to 1700 he was maestro di cappella for the Duke of Ansbach. After 1700 he founded as singing school in Bologna. He died in Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
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Works
- Il Leandro (libretto by Camillo Badovero, Venice, Teatro alle ZattereTeatro alle ZattereThe Teatro alle Zattere on the Zattere promenade of Ognissanti district was a minor Venetian theatrical opera venue during the 1690s. It saw the premiere of Pistocchino's first opera Il Leandro, dramma per musica su libretto di Camillo Badovero on the 5th May 1679.-See also:Opera houses and...
, 5 May 1679, then Teatro S. Moisè, 1682, as Gli amori fatali) - Il Narciso, pastorale (Apostolo ZenoApostolo ZenoApostolo Zeno was a Venetian poet, librettist, journalist, and man of letters.-Early life:Apostolo Zeno was born of Cretan Greek descent in Venice in 1669...
Ansbach Court Theatre, March 1697) - Le pazzie d'amore e dell'interesse, (own libretto, Ansbach, 16 June 1699)
- Le risa di Democrito (Nicolò MinatoNicolò MinatoCount Nicolò Minato 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 until his death....
, Vienna, 17 February 1700) - La pace tra l'armi, serenata (own libretto, Ansbach 5 Sept. 1700)
- I rivali generosi, dramma per musicaDramma per musicaDramma per musica is a term which was used by dramatists in Italy and elsewhere between the late-17th and mid-19th centuries...
(Apostolo ZenoApostolo ZenoApostolo Zeno was a Venetian poet, librettist, journalist, and man of letters.-Early life:Apostolo Zeno was born of Cretan Greek descent in Venice in 1669...
, Reggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaReggio Emilia is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 170,000 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
, April 1710), composed with Clemente Monati and Giovanni Maria Capelli