Domenico Sarro
Domenico Natale Sarro, also Sarri (24 December 1679 – 25 January 1744) was an Italian composer. Domenico Sarro was born in Trani, Apulia, Kingdom of Naples, he studied at the Neapolitan conservatory of S. He composed extensively in the early 18th century. His opera Didone abbandonata, premiered on 1 February 1724 at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples, was the first setting of a major libretto by Pietro Metastasio.
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Domenico Sarro

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- 1679 · Trani.
- Died
- 1744 · Naples.
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- Kingdom of Naples
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- composer
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Domenico Natale Sarro, also Sarri (24 December 1679 – 25 January 1744) was an Italian composer. Domenico Sarro was born in Trani, Apulia, Kingdom of Naples, he studied at the Neapolitan conservatory of S. He composed extensively in the early 18th century. His opera Didone abbandonata, premiered on 1 February 1724 at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples, was the first setting of a major libretto by Pietro Metastasio.
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He is best remembered today as the composer of Achille in Sciro, the opera that was chosen to open the new Teatro di San Carlo in 1737. In recent years it was performed in the State Theatre of Stuttgart, the Bochum Symphony as well as the Semperoper Dresden. In addition to his Operas and other large scale works, Sarro has written a considerable number of vocal cantatas which show great charm and inventiveness. 'Coronatemi il crin' for Alto, two violins and continuo, is perhaps his most well known cantata. The only known depiction of Domenico Sarro is Nicolò Maria Rossi's painting of the Viceroy at the festa of the Quattro Altari in the Harrach collection. Sarro is one of the many composers depicted as part of the Neapolitan Court (La festa dei Quattro Altari, 1745).
• Year — Title — Libretto — First performance — Partitura (stato e luogo di conservazione) — Note • 1706 — Il fonte delle grazie, oratorio — 20 novembre 1706, Congregazione dei dottori della Chiesa dei Gerolamini di Napoli • 1707 — Il Vespesiano, Dramma per musica in 3 atti — Carlo De Petris — 1707, Teatro San Bartolomeo di Napoli • 1708 — Serenata a 3 voci (Amore, Eco e Narciso) — 8 settembre 1708, Palazzo del duca d'Alvito di Napoli • 1713 — I gemelli rivali — Nicolò Serino — 11 febbraio 1713, Teatro dei Fiorentini di Napoli • 1713 — Il comando non inteso ed ubbidito — Nicola Giuvo — 15 maggio 1713, Teatro dei Fiorentini di Napoli • 1716 — Serenata nuziale a 3 voci — G.G.Alberghetti — 21 gennaio 1716, Palazzo del Principe di Montaguto di Napoli • 1718 — Armida al campo, Dramma per musica in 3 atti — Francesco Silvani — 13 febbraio 1718, Teatro San Bartolomeo di Napoli • 1718 — La fede ne' tradimenti (o Anagilda), Dramma per musica in 3 atti — Girolamo Gigli — 15 maggio 1718, Teatro San Bartolomeo di Napoli • 1718 — L'Eudamia —? • 1718 — Arsace, Dramma per musica in 3 atti — Antonio Salvi — 17 dicembre 1718, Teatro San Bartolomeo di Napoli • 1719 — Alessandro Severo, Dramma per musica in 3 atti — Apostolo Zeno — 14 maggio 1719, Teatro San Bartolomeo di Napoli • 1720 — Ginevra principessa di Scozia, Dramma per musica in 3 atti — Apostolo Zeno — 20 gennaio 1720, Teatro San Bartolomeo di Napoli • 1720 — Scherzo festivo fra le ninfe di Partenope, Serenata — Domenico Gentile — 28 agosto 1720, Teatro del Palazzo Reale di Napoli • 1721 — Serenata nuziale a 6 voci, Serenata — 28 gennaio 1721, Palazzo del Principe della Rocca di Napoli • 1721 — Endimione, azione teatrale a 4 voci, in 2 parti — Pietro Metastasio — 30 maggio 1721, Palazzo del principe di Belmonte della Rocca di Napoli • 1722 — La Partenope, Dramma per musica in 3 atti — Silvio Stampiglia — 16 dicembre 1722, Teatro San Bartolomeo di Napoli with intermezzo Eurilla e Beltramme • 1723 — La caduta de decemviri, Dramma per musica in 3 atti (pasticcio) — Silvio Stampiglia — 26 dicembre 1723, Regio Teatro Ducale di Milano • 1724 — Didone abbandonata, Dramma per musica in 3 atti (1^ Versione) — Pietro Metastasio — 1º febbraio 1724, Teatro San Bartolomeo di Napoli • 1724 — L'impresario delle Canarie (o Dorina e Nibbio), Intermezzo in 2 parti — Pietro Metastasio — 1º febbraio 1724, Teatro San Bartolomeo di Napoli • 1726 — Il Valdemaro — Apostolo Zeno • 1727 — Siroe, re di Persia, Dramma per musica in 3 atti — Pietro Metastasio — 25 gennaio 1927, Teatro San Bartolomeo di Napoli • 1727 — Moschetta, Intermezzo — 25 gennaio 1727, Teatro San Bartolomeo di Napoli • 1727 — Grullo, Intermezzo — 25 gennaio 1727, Teatro San Bartolomeo di Napoli • 1731 — Artemisia, Dramma per musica in 3 atti — Giovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca — 7 gennaio 1731, Teatro San Bartolomeo di Napoli • 1731 — La furba e lo sciocco, Intermezzo — 7 gennaio 1731, Teatro San Bartolomeo di Napoli • 1732 — Berenice — 13 gennaio 1732, Teatro di Torre Argentina di Roma • 1735 — Demofoonte, Dramma per musica in 3 atti (Pasticcio) — Pietro Metastasio — 20 gennaio 1735, Teatro San Bartolomeo di Napoli • 1735 — Gli amanti generosi, opera comica — Tommaso Mariani — 15 maggio 1735, Teatro dei Fiorentini di Napoli • 1737 — La passione di Gesù Christo Signor Nostro, oratorio sacro in 2 parti — Pietro Metastasio — 14 aprile 1737, Oratorio San Filippo Neri di Genova • 1737 — Achille in Sciro, Dramma per musica in 3 atti — Pietro Metastasio — 4 novembre 1737, Inaugurazione del Nuovo Grande Real Teatro San Carlo di Napoli • 1738 — Le nozze di Teti e Peleo, Intermezzo — Nicola Giuvo — 2 dicembre 1738, Real Teatro San Carlo di Napoli with Vittoria Tesi and Francesco Bernardi • 1741 — Ezio, Dramma per musica in 3 atti — Pietro Metastasio — 4 novembre 1741, Real Teatro San Carlo di Napoli • 1743 — Alessandro nelle Indie, Dramma per musica in 3 atti — Pietro Metastasio — Carnevale 1743, Real Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
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