Jacopo Foroni
Illustration — Jacopo Foroni c. 1858 Jacopo Foroni (Verona, 26 July 1825 — Stockholm, 8 September 1858) was an Italian opera composer and conductor who spent most of his working life in Sweden. Foroni was born in Valeggio sul Mincio, near Verona, the son of the composer and conductor Domenico Foroni.
Jacopo Foroni
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- Born
- 1825 · Valeggio sul Mincio.
- Died
- 1858 · St. Eugenia's Church.
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- composer · conductor
- Fields
- opera
- Languages
- Swedish
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Illustration — Jacopo Foroni c. 1858 Jacopo Foroni (Verona, 26 July 1825 — Stockholm, 8 September 1858) was an Italian opera composer and conductor who spent most of his working life in Sweden. Foroni was born in Valeggio sul Mincio, near Verona, the son of the composer and conductor Domenico Foroni.
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After studies with his father and Alberto Mazzucato in Milan, Foroni became involved in the Five Days of Milan revolt against the Austrians in March 1848. There, he gave the Swedish premieres of works by Bellini and Donizetti as well as the young Verdi. He conducted the first music by Wagner to be heard in Sweden, the Tannhäuser overture, in 1856. He died during a cholera epidemic in 1858.
• Margherita, Milan, Teatro Re, 1848 • Cristina, regina di Svezia, Stockholm, Mindre Theatre, 1849. Historical-lyrical drama in five parts and three acts. (Recorded by the Göteborg Opera Orchestra and Chorus - Tobias Ringborg. Sterling). • I gladiatori, Milan, Teatro alla Canobbiana, 1852; libretto by Giovanni Peruzzini • Advokaten Pathelin (sv), Swedish-language opera based on La Farce de maître Pierre Pathelin, Stockholm, Royal Swedish Opera, 1858 • Incidental music for plays (as court composer in Stockholm).
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Jacopo Foroni is recorded with the occupation conductor. Classed in the genre opera. Recorded as composer and conductor.
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1824
Jacopo Foroni born at Valeggio sul Mincio.
1858
Jacopo Foroni died at St. Eugenia's Church.
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Valeggio sul Mincio.
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- 1.Anders Wiklund: Jacopo Foroni – A queen returns to he north, in Beiheft zur CD Jacopo Foroni - Cristina Regina di Svezia, Sterling Records 2010; S. 15
- 2.Anders Wiklund: Jacopo Foroni – A queen returns to he north, in Beiheft zur CD Jacopo Foroni – Cristina, regina di Svezia, Sterling Records 2010; S. 17
- 3.Hier wird Christina wachgeküsst in FAZ vom 27. November 2013, Seite 30
- 4.Christoph Wurzel: Ende einer Dynastie - Anfang der Freiheit, in: Online Musik Magazin, 2016
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