Marco D'Arienzo
Marco D'Arienzo (Naples, 24 April 181124 April 1877) was an Italian opera librettist. D'Arienzo was a professional state official and, at the same time, a writer and librettist. From 1834 to 1837 he worked as a journalist for the Neapolitan newspaper L'Omnibus and was also author of Neapolitan songs, many of which were set to music by Saverio Mercadante.
Marco D'Arienzo

Librettist: Marco D'Arienzo (1811–1877). Composer: Giovanni Moretti (1807–1884) · Public domain
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- 1811
- Died
- 1877
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His comic librettos have been described as "witty and well presented" in spite of their involved plots. Uncle of the composer Nicola D'Arienzo.
• Title — Genre — Acts — Composer — Première — Place, theatre • conteIl conte di Saverna — melodramma — 2 acts — fabriziPaolo Fabrizi — 1837 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • feudatarioIl feudatario di Margate — melodramma — 2 acts — morettiGiovanni Moretti — 1839 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • portatoreIl portatore d'acqua — melodramma — 3 acts — fabriziPaolo Fabrizi — Autumn 1840 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • proscrittoIl proscritto — melodramma — 3 acts — aspaMario Aspa — Autumn 1841 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • Guglielmo Colmann — melodramma — 3 acts — aspaMario Aspa — Winter 1842 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • zingariGli zingari o Gli amori di Pulcinella — commedia per musica — 3 acts — fioravantiVincenzo Fioravanti — Carnival 1844 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • Leonora — melodramma — 4 acts — mercadanteSaverio Mercadante — 5 December 1844 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • figlioIl figlio dello schiavo — melodramma — 3 acts — puzoneGiuseppe Puzone — 1845 — Naples, Teatro del Fondo • Chi cenerà — commedia per musica — 1 act — fioravantiVincenzo Fioravanti — Carnival 1845 — Rome, Teatro Argentina • imbarazzoUn imbarazzo per la padrona e la cameriera (revision of Chi cenerà) — commedia per musica — 2 acts — fioravantiVincenzo Fioravanti — 1848 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • Le due guide — melodramma — 4 acts — de giosaNicola De Giosa — 1848 — Livorno, Teatro degli Avvalorati • Policarpio — commedia per musica — 2 acts — morettiGiovanni Moretti — Summer 1849 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • Delfina — melodramma — 3 acts — lilloGiuseppe Lillo — March 1850 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • bottegaUna bottega di caffè — commedia per musica — 1 act — barbatiAniello Barbati — 1859 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • precauzioniLe precauzioni (Il carnevale di Venezia) — opera buffa — 3 acts — petrellaErrico Petrella — 20 May 1851 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • Piedigrotta (La festa di Piedigrotta) — commedia per musica (opera buffa napoletana) — 4 acts — ricciLuigi Ricci — 23 June 1852 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • figliaLa figlia del pilota — melodramma — 3 acts — giannettiRaffaele Giannetti — August 1852 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • Violetta — melodramma — 4 acts — mercadanteSaverio Mercadante — 10 January 1853 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • Gismondo Rethel — melodramma — 3 acts — benziGiuseppe Benzi — Carnival 1853 — Crema • alchimistaL'alchimista — melodramma — 3 acts — rossiLauro Rossi — 23 August 1853 — Naples, Teatro del Fondo • marinaioIl marinaio di Nisida — azione melodrammatica — candeloroAntonio Candeloro — 1854 — Naples, San Pietro a Maiella Conservatory • festinoIl festino — commedia per musica — 3 acts — morettiGiovanni Moretti — January 1854 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • colombaLa colomba di Barcellona — melodramma — 3 acts — giannettiRaffaele Giannetti — Lent 1855 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • traviatoIl traviato — azione melodrammatica — 3 acts — carelliBeniamino Carelli, Ernesto Viceconte, Giovanni Mensitieri, Claudio Conti, Luigi Vespoli — 1855 — Naples, Conservatory • Pelagio — tragedia lirica — 4 acts — mercadanteSaverio Mercadante — 12 February 1857 — Naples, Teatro San Carlo • cantanteLa cantante — melodramma — 3 acts — vespoliLuigi Vespoli — 1858 — Naples, Teatro del Fondo • Ser Pomponio — commedia per musica — 2 acts — tommasiFerdinando Tommasi — Autumn 1859 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • figliaLa figlia del marinaio — melodramma — 4 acts — contiClaudio Conti — Spring 1866 — Naples, Teatro Bellini • contessaLa contessa di Mons — melodramma — 4 acts — rossiLauro Rossi — 18 January 1874 — Turin, Teatro Regio • Cleopatra — tragedia lirica — 4 acts — rossiLauro Rossi — 5 March 1876 — Turin, Teatro Regio • Napoli di carnevale — opera giocosa — 3 acts — de giosaNicola De Giosa — 1877 — Naples, Teatro Nuovo • Maria Menzikoff — melodramma — 5 acts — ferrariFerruccio Ferrari — Spring 1877 — Reggio Emilia, Teatro Municipale
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- 1.Antolini, 1986
- 2.Martorana, 1865
- 3.Black, 1992
- 4.In collaboration with Andrea de Leone
- 5.In collaboration with Raffaele D'Ambra
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Martorana, Pietro. Notizie biografiche e bibliografiche degli scrittori del dialetto napoletano. Chiurazzi. 15. 1865.
- Antolini, Bianca Maria. D'ARIENZO, Nicola. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. 32. 1986.
- Black, John. D'Arienzo, Marco. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Oxford University Press. 2. 1992. 978-0-19-522186-2.
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