Ivan Kerzelli
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Ivan Kerzelli or Cherzelli (also known as I. I. Kerzelli, or Iosif Kertsel, Russian: Иван Керцелли, И. И. Керцелли, or Иосиф Керцель) was an opera composer and conductor in Imperial Russia of 18th century.
He was a representative of big family of Kerzelli
musicians of Italian
, Czech
or Austria
n origin [the information is vague and inconsistent] settled in 18th-century Russia. He is regarded as a composer of a few famous operas.
He was a representative of big family of Kerzelli
Kerzelli
Kerzelli, Cherzelli, Kerzelly or Kertsel was the surname of a large family of musicians of Italian, Czech or Austrian origin [the available information is vague and contradictory], which settled in Russia in the 18th century.*Iosif Kerzelli or Iohann Kerzelli, Cherzelli, Kerzelly or Kertsel ...
musicians of Italian
Italian people
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, Czech
Czech people
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or Austria
Austria
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n origin [the information is vague and inconsistent] settled in 18th-century Russia. He is regarded as a composer of a few famous operas.
Selected works
- Lyubovnik - koldun (Любовник - колдун - The Lover-Magician, one-act opera, text by Nikolai Nikolev, 1772 MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
), - Rozana i Lyubim (Розана и Любим - Rozana und Lyubim, four-act opera, text by Nikolai Nikolev, 1778, MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
) - Derevenskiy vorozheya (Деревенский ворожея - The Village Wizard, text by Vasily Maikov after Rousseau, c. 1777 MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
). Overture and songs were printed in Moscow 1778. They were the first opera fragments printed in Russia. - Guljanye ili sadovnik kuskovskoy (Гулянье или садовник кусковской - Promenade or the Gardener from Kuskovo, text by Vasili Kolychev, 1780 or 1781 KuskovoKuskovoKuskovo was the summer country house and estate of the Sheremetev family. Built in the mid-18th century, it was originally situated several miles to the east of Moscow but now is part of the East District of the city. It was one of the first great summer country estates of the Russian nobility,...
, Theatre of Count Nikolay Sheremetyev).