Giovanni Battista Locatelli
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Giovanni Battista Locatelli (7 January 1713 – 14 March 1785) was an Italian
opera director, impresario
and owner of a private opera company.
In 1757 he and his troupe were invited to St. Petersburg. They put on an opera every week for the court, and two to three times a week they were allowed to give open public performances. The repertoire was mostly of Italian opera buffa
. During the first three years the troupe presented seven operas by Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785):
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opera director, impresario
Impresario
An impresario is a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays or operas; analogous to a film producer in filmmaking, television production and an angel investor in business...
and owner of a private opera company.
In 1757 he and his troupe were invited to St. Petersburg. They put on an opera every week for the court, and two to three times a week they were allowed to give open public performances. The repertoire was mostly of Italian opera buffa
Opera buffa
Opera buffa is a genre of opera. It was first used as an informal description of Italian comic operas variously classified by their authors as ‘commedia in musica’, ‘commedia per musica’, ‘dramma bernesco’, ‘dramma comico’, ‘divertimento giocoso' etc...
. During the first three years the troupe presented seven operas by Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785):
- Il mondo della luna ' onMouseout='HidePop("69062")' href="/topics/Venice">VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
) - Il filosofo di campagnaIl filosofo di campagnaIl filosofo di campagna is a dramma giocoso per musica in 3 acts by composer Baldassare Galuppi. The opera uses an Italian language libretto by Carlo Goldoni. The work premiered at the Teatro San Samuele in Venice on 26 October 1754.-Roles:-External links:*...
(Деревенский философ - The Village Philosopher, 1754, Venice) - L'Arcadia in Brenta (Аркадия в Бренте - Arcadia in Brenta, 1749, Venice)
- I bagni d'Abano (Купанье в Абано - The Spa of Abano, written together with Bertoni, 1753, Venice)
- Il conte Caramella (Граф Карамелла - Count Caramella, 1749, VeronaVeronaVerona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
?) - La calamità de' cuori (Сердечное бедствие - A Calamity of Hearts, 1752, Venice)
- Il mondo alla roversa, ossia Le donne che commandono (Мир наизнанку, или Женщины командуют - The World Upside Down, or Women in Command, 1750, Venice)
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Russian opera is the art of opera in Russia. Operas by composers of Russian origin, written or staged outside of Russia, also belong to this category, as well as the operas of foreign composers written or intended for the Russian scene. These are not only Russian-language operas...
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