Valentino Fioravanti
Illustration — Valentino Fioravanti Valentino Fioravanti (11 September 1764 – 16 June 1837) was an Italian composer of opera buffas. Fioravanti was born in Rome. One of the best opera buffa composers between Domenico Cimarosa and Gioacchino Rossini, he was especially popular in Naples, and was the first in Italy to introduce spoken dialogue in the French manner in his works, sometimes using the Neapolitan dialect.
Valentino Fioravanti
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- Born
- 1764. · Rome.
- Died
- 1837. · Capua.
- Occupation
- composer.
- Fields
- opera and church.
- Teachers
- Nicola Sala and Giuseppe Jannaconi.
- Languages
- Italian.
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Illustration — Valentino Fioravanti Valentino Fioravanti (11 September 1764 – 16 June 1837) was an Italian composer of opera buffas. Fioravanti was born in Rome. One of the best opera buffa composers between Domenico Cimarosa and Gioacchino Rossini, he was especially popular in Naples, and was the first in Italy to introduce spoken dialogue in the French manner in his works, sometimes using the Neapolitan dialect.
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His works included some 70 operas, the most famous being Le cantatrici villane from 1799. He died, aged 72, in Capua. His eldest son, Giuseppe Fioravanti, was a successful opera singer, and his younger son, Vincenzo Fioravanti (1799–1877), also became a celebrated opera buffa composer, writing 35 stage works. His grandsons, Valentino (1827–79) and Luigi (1829–87), had successful opera careers, both as basso buffos.
The following appear in the extensive list of works by Fiorvanti which appear in Sadie. • Camilla • Il furbo contr'il furbo • Il fabbro Parigino • I virtuosi ambulanti • I viaggiatori ridicoli • Le cantatrici villane Also: • Il villano in angustie with libretto by Filippo Cammarano.
![Titre uniforme: Fioravanti, Valentino (1764-1837). Compositeur. [Le cantatrici villane] Titre propre pris à la p. de t.. - Comedia per musica en 2 actes. - Livret de Giuseppe Palomba. - 1re représentation: Naples, Théâtre Fiorentini, janvier 1799. -](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Le_Cantatrice_villane_-_Del_Maestro_Fioravanti_-_btv1b100739099_%28109_of_465%29.jpg/800px-Le_Cantatrice_villane_-_Del_Maestro_Fioravanti_-_btv1b100739099_%28109_of_465%29.jpg)
Titre uniforme: Fioravanti, Valentino (1764-1837). Compositeur. [Le cantatrici villane] Titre propre pris à la p. de t.. - Comedia per musica en 2 actes. - Livret de Giuseppe Palomba. - 1re représentation: Naples, Théâtre Fiorentini, janvier 1799. -
Fioravanti, Valentino (1764-1837). Compositeur · Bibliothèque nationale de France
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1837
Valentino Fioravanti died at Capua.
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Valentino Fioravanti
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- Fioravanti, Valentino (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002
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- 1.Dictionnaire de la musique. Larousse. 2011. 978-2-03-586059-0.
- 2.Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 1215.
- 3.lang it Reverenda Cappella Musicale della Sacrosanta Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Daniel Brandenburg, Fioravanti, Valentino, in : Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Friedrich Blume, Ludwig Finscher ed., Vol. 6, Kassel, 2001, p. 1215-1217.
- Marvin Tartak, Fioravanti, Valentino, in : The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 8, Macmillan, Londres, 2001, p. 880-881.
- Marvin Tartak, Fioravanti, Valentino, in : The Grove Dictionary of Opera, vol. 8, Macmillan, Vol. Two, Londres, 2001, p. 214-215.
- Dictionnaire biographique des musiciens. Robert Laffont. 1995. 2-221-06510-7.
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