Giuseppe Scarlatti

Giuseppe Scarlatti (1718 or 18 June 1723, Naples – 17 August 1777, Vienna) was a composer of opere serie and opere buffe. He worked in Rome from 1739 to 1741, and from 1752 to 1754 in Florence, Pisa, Lucca and Turin. From 1752 to 1754, and again from 1756 to 1759, he worked in Venice and for short periods in Milan and Barcelona. In 1760 he moved to Vienna, where he enjoyed the friendship of Christoph Willibald Gluck. "The third most important musician of his clan",[1] it is still uncertain whether he was the nephew of Alessandro born 18 June 1723 or the nephew of Domenico born in 1718. Giuseppe Scarlatti was married to the Viennese singer Barbara Stabili who died about 1753. By 1767 he had married Antonia Lefebvre, who that year bore him a son; she died three years later. Scarlatti died intestate in 1777 in Vienna.[2]

Works

Operas

TitleGenreSub­divisionsLibrettoPremière datePlace, theatre
Merope dramma per musica 3 acts ZenoApostolo Zeno 1740-01-2323 January 1740 Rome, Teatro Capranica
Dario dramma per musica 3 acts BaldanzaG. Baldanza 1741-03-00carnival 1741 Rome, Teatro Argentina
Arminio in Germania dramma per musica 3 acts PasquiniC. Pasquini 1741-06-2424 June 1741 Florence, Teatro della Pergola
Siroe dramma per musica 3 acts Metastasio 1742-06-00June 1742 Florence, Teatro della Pergola
Pompeo in Armenia dramma per musica 3 acts VitturiBartolomeo Vitturi 1744-04-00carnival 1744 Pisa, Pubblico
Ezio dramma per musica 3 acts Metastasio 1744-09-00autumn 1744 Lucca, Civico
Olimpiade dramma per musica 3 acts Metastasio 1745-09-00autumn 1745 Lucca, Pubblico
giocatore Il giocatore commedia per musica 2 acts  1747-04-00carnival 1747 Florence, Cocomero
Artaserse dramma per musica 3 acts Metastasio 1747-08-2626 August 1747 Lucca
Partenope dramma per musica 3 acts StampigliaSilvio Stampiglia 1749-03-00carnival 1749 Turin, Regio
Semiramide riconosciuta dramma per musica 3 acts Metastasio 1751-03-00carnival 1751 Livorno, San Sebastiano
Adriano in Siria dramma per musica 3 acts Metastasio 1752-03-00carnival 1752 Venice, San Cassiano
Demetrio dramma per musica 3 acts Metastasio 1752-06-1111 June 1752 Padua, Nuovo
portentosi I portentosi effetti della Madre Natura dramma giocoso per musica 3 acts GoldoniCarlo Goldoni 1752-11-1111 November 1752 Venice, San Samuele
impostore L'impostore opera buffa   1752-99-991752 Barcelona, Santa Cruz
Alessandro nell'Indie dramma per musica 3 acts Metastasio 1753-05-1212 May 1753 Reggio Emilia, Pubblico
De gustibus non est disputandum dramma giocoso per musica 3 acts GoldoniCarlo Goldoni 1754-03-00carnival 1754 Venice, San Cassiano
Caio Mario dramma per musica 3 acts RoccaforteGaetano Roccaforte 1755-01-2020 January 1755 Naples, Teatro di San Carlo
Antigona dramma per musica 3 acts RoccaforteGaetano Roccaforte 1756-03-00carnival 1756 Milan, Ducale
isola L'isola disabitata (La Cinese smarrita) dramma giocoso per musica 3 acts GoldoniCarlo Goldoni 1757-09-90autumn 1757 Venice, San Samuele
serva La serva scaltra dramma giocoso per musica 3 acts  1759-09-91autumn 1759 Venice, Teatro San Moisè
clemenza La clemenza di Tito dramma per musica 3 acts Metastasio 1760-03-00carnival 1760 Venice, San Benedetto
Issipile L'Issipile dramma per musica 3 acts Metastasio 1760-09-00autumn 1760 Vienna, Burgtheater
Pelopida (second act) dramma per musica 3 acts RoccaforteGaetano Roccaforte 1763-03-00carnival 1763 Turin, Regio
Bajazet dramma per musica 3 acts PioveneAgostino Piovene 1765-02-00carnival 1765 Verona, Accademia Filharmonica
stravaganti Gli stravaganti (La moglie padrona) commedia per musica 2 acts IsaurenseAlcindo Isaurense 1765-02-1111 February 1765 Vienna, Burgtheater
Armida festa teatrale  ColtelliniMarco Coltellini 1766-00-00circa 1766 Vienna, Burgtheater
Dove è amore è gelosia intermezzo giocoso  ColtelliniMarco Coltellini 1768-07-2424 July 1768 Český Krumlov, Český Krumlov Castle
amor L'amor geloso azione teatrale comica   1770-07-055 July 1770 Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace
Amiti e Ontario, o I selvaggi dramma per musica  CalzabigiRanieri de' Calzabigi 1772-00-001772 Vienna, Burgtheater

Dubious attributions

Other works

References

  1. ↑ Malcolm Boyd and Gordana Lazarevich: "Scarlatti." in Grove Music Online (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Roberto Pagano, et al.: "Scarlatti." in Grove Music Online (subscription required)

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