List of operas by Francesco Bianchi

This is a complete list of the operas of the Italian composer Francesco Bianchi (1752–1810).

Bianchi had an extraordinarily varied career, working in different places, in different styles with different collaborators. Not only did he work in Italy, in Venice, Naples, Florence, Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Brescia, Cremona, and Padua, but also extensively in Paris and London.

Although he wrote 41 'serious' drammi per musica (opera seria), he also composed 16 opéras comiques and 14 opere buffe, as well as one each of works designated as azione scenica, azione teatrale, drame héroïque, drame lyrique, festa teatrale, and opera giocosa.

List

TitleGenreSub­divisionsLibrettoPremière datePlace, theatreNotes
Giulio Sabino dramma per musica  1772-00-001772 Cremona
granIl gran Cidde dramma per musica 3 actsPizziGioacchino Pizzi1773-01-2727 January 1773 Florence, Teatro della Pergola
Demetrio dramma per musica3 acts Metastasio1774-03-00Carnival 1774 Cremona
Eurione dramma per musica3 actsPapiAntonio Papi1775-05-2525 May 1775 Pavia, Teatro Quattro Signori
reductionLa réduction de Paris drame lyrique3 actsRosoiBarnabé Farmian de Rosoi1775-09-3030 September 1775 Paris, Théâtre des Italiens
mortLe mort marié opéra comique 2 actsSedaineMichel-Jean Sedaine1776-10-2525 October 1776 Fontainebleau, Théâtre Royal de la Cour
Erifile dramma per musica 3 actsGamerraGiovanni de Gamerra1779-01-2929 January 1779 Florence, Teatro della Pergola
innocenzaL'innocenza perseguitata opera buffa3 acts 1779-03-00Carnival 1779 Rome, Teatro delle Dame
Castore e Polluce dramma per musica4 actsFrugoniCarlo Innocenzo Frugoni, after Pierre-Joseph Bernhard's Castor et Pollux1779-01-1010 January 1779 Florence, Teatro della Pergola second version in 3 acts,
performed on 8 September 1779
DemetrioIl Demetrio dramma per musica2 acts (26 scenes) 1780-01-033 January 1780 Venice, Teatro (Gallo) San Benedetto
Arbace dramma per musica3 actsSertorGaetano Sertor1781-01-2020 January 1781 Naples, Real Teatro di San Carlo
Venere e Adone azione teatrale2 actsCasorriFerdinando Casori1781-09-1414 September 1781 Florence, Teatro della Pergola
ZemiraZemira dramma per musica 2 actsSertorGaetano Sertor1781-11-044 November 1781 Naples, Real Teatro di San Carlo 2nd version: Padua 1786
OlimpiadeL'Olimpiade dramma per musica3 actsMetastasio1781-12-2626 December 1781 Milan, Teatro alla Scala
trionfoIl trionfo della pace festa teatrale 2 actsOlivieriGiuseppe Olivieri1782-04-1616 April 1782 Turin, Teatro Regio
ZulimaLa Zulima dramma per musica3 actsOlivieriGiuseppe Olivieri, after Voltaire1782-11-044 November 1782 Naples, Real Teatro di San Carlo
Medonte dramma per musica2 acts 1782-11-1414 November 1782 London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket pasticcio containing music by many hands incl. Bianchi, but principally Giuseppe Sarti
astrologaL'astrologa opera buffa3 actsChiariPietro Chiari1782-12-00December 1782 Naples, Teatro del Fondo
Piramo e Tisbe dramma per musica3 acts (32 scenes)Gaetano Sertor1783-01-077 January 1783 Venice, Teatro La Fenice
Briseide dramma per musica3 actsGambinoFrancesco Sebastiano Gambino1783-12-2727 December 1783 Turin, Teatro Regio
Aspardi, principe di Battriano dramma per musica3 actsGaetano Sertor1784-03-00Carnival 1784 Rome, Teatro delle Dame
Cajo Mario dramma per musica3 actsRoccaforteGaetano Roccaforte1784-05-3030 May 1784 Naples, Real Teatro di San Carlo
villanellaLa villanella rapita opera giocosa 2 actsLivigniFilippo Livigni1784-08-2929 August 1784 Süttör, Eszterháza Theater[1] Re-staged on 28 November 1785, Vienna, at the Burgtheater, with the vocal terzetto "Mandina amabile" K. 480 and the vocal quartet "Dite almeno in che mancai?" K. 479 by Mozart – staged besides under the title of Le gelosie di Pippo in Lisbon in 1796
fintaLa finta principessa opera buffa2 actsLivigniFilippo Livigni1784-09-00autumn 1784 Bologna, Teatro Formagliari
disertoreIl disertore francese dramma per musica 3 acts (34 scenes)BenincasaBartolomeo Benincasa 1784-12-2626 December 1784 Venice, Teatro (Gallo) San Benedetto
Alessandro nell'Indie dramma per musica3 acts (36 scenes)Metastasio1785-01-2828 January 1785 Venice, Teatro (Gallo) San Benedetto
stravaganteLa stravagante inglese opera buffa2 actsGreppiGiovanni Greppi1785-09-00autumn 1785 Venice, Teatro San Moisè
villanelleLe villanelle astute opera buffa 2 actsFoppaGiuseppe Foppa1786-02-00Carnival 1786 Venice, Teatro San Samuele
Alonso e Cora dramma per musica3 acts (24 scenes)FoppaGiuseppe Foppa, after Ferdinando Moretti's libretto Idalide1786-02-077 February 1786 Venice, Teatro (Gallo) San Benedetto
Mesenzio, re d'Etruria dramma per musica2 actsCasorriFerdinando Casorri1786-11-044 November 1786 Naples, Real Teatro San Carlo
orfanoL'orfano cinese dramma per musica3 acts (29 scenes)Voltaireafter Voltaire1787-01-3030 January 1787 Venice, Teatro (Gallo) San Benedetto
Artaserse dramma per musica 3 actsMetastasio1787-06-1111 June 1787 Padua, Teatro Nuovo
Pizzarro dramma per musica3 acts 1787-07-00summer 1787 Brescia, Accademia degli Erranti
Scipione africano dramma per musica3 actsMinatoNicolò Minato1787-08-1313 August 1787 Naples, Real Teatro di San Carlo
ritrattoIl ritratto opera buffa2 actsZiniSaverio Zini1787-09-00autumn 1787 Naples, Teatro del Fondo
Calto dramma per musica3 acts (23 scenes)FoppaGiuseppe Foppa, after Ossian1788-01-2323 January 1788 Venice, Teatro (Venier) San Benedetto
morte CesareLa morte di Cesare dramma per musica2 acts (29 scenes)Gaetano Sertor, after Shakespeare's Julius Caesar1788-12-2727 December 1788 Venice, Teatro (Grimani) San Samuele
fedeltaLa fedeltà tra le selve opera buffa2 actsPrunettiMichelangelo Prunetti1789-03-00Carnival 1789 Rome, Teatro Capranica It includes 4 arias by Valentino Fioravanti
Nitteti dramma per musica3 actsMetastasio1789-04-2020 April 1789 Milan, Teatro alla Scala
Daliso e Delmita dramma per musica2 actsGamerraGiovanni de Gamerra1789-06-1212 June 1789 Padua, Teatro Nuovo
fintoIl finto astrologo opera buffa2 actsMarianiA Mariani1790-03-00Carnival 1790 Rome, Teatro Capranica
ArminioL'Arminio dramma per musica3 actsMorettiFerdinando Moretti1790-09-066 September 1790 Florence, Teatro della Pergola
vendettaLa vendetta di Nino, o sia Semiramide dramma per musica3 actsGiovanniniPietro Giovannini, after Voltaire1790-11-1212 November 1790 Naples, Real Teatro San Carlo second version in 2 acts, 1794, London, King’s Theater in the Haymarket
Caio Ostilio dramma per musica 2 actsManfrediEustachio Manfredi1791-02-98Carnival 1791 Rome, Teatro Argentina
damaLa dama bizzarra opera buffa2 actsMarianiTommaso Mariani1791-02-99Carnival 1791 Rome, Teatro Capranica
Deifile azione scenica2 acts 1791-03-00March 1791 Venice, Palazzo Brünner
sposaLa sposa in equivoco opera buffa2 actsZiniSaverio Zini1791-09-00autumn 1791 Venice, Teatro San Moisè
Seleuco, re di Siria dramma per musica3 acts (29 scenes)BotturiniMattia Botturini, after Antioco by Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati1791-12-2626 December 1791 Venice, Teatro (Venier) San Benedetto
Aci e Galatea dramma per musica2 acts (28 scenes)FoppaGiuseppe Foppa1792-10-1313 October 1792 Venice, Teatro (Venier) San Benedetto revision 1795 London, King's Theater in the Haymarket
Tarara, o sia La virtù premiata dramma per musica3 acts (30 scenes)SertorGaetano Sertor1792-12-2626 December 1792 Venice, Teatro La Fenice
cineseIl cinese in Italia opera buffa2 actsPepoliAlessandro Pepoli1793-09-00autumn 1793 Venice, Teatro San Moisè staged also under the title of L'olandese in Venice in Turin in 1794
secchiaLa secchia rapita opera buffa2 actsAnelliAngelo Anelli1794-02-1313 February 1794 Venice, Teatro (Grimani) San Samuele) revision 1796 Milan with a new act by Zingarelli
Ines de Castro dramma per musica 3 actsSanctisLuigi de Sanctis, after Cosimo Giotti1794-05-3030 May 1794 Naples, Real Teatro di San Carlo Revised version in 3 acts (35 scenes), 14 October 1795, Venice, Teatro (Venier) San Benedetto
capricciosaLa capricciosa ravveduta opera buffa2 actsMazzolaCaterino Mazzolà1794-09-00autumn 1794 Venice, Teatro San Moisè
Antigona dramma per musica 2 actsDa PonteLorenzo Da Ponte1796-05-2424 May 1796 London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
consiglioIl consiglio imprudente opera buffa 1 act Da PonteLorenzo Da Ponte, after Carlo Goldoni1796-12-2020 December 1796 London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
Merope dramma per musica2 actsDa PonteLorenzo Da Ponte, after Voltaire1797-06-1010 June 1797 London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
Cinna dramma per musica3 actsDa PonteLorenzo Da Ponte, after Angelo Anelli?1798-02-2020 February 1798 London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
Alzira dramma per musica2 actsRossiGaetano Rossi, after Voltaire1801-02-2828 February 1801 London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
morte CleopatraLa morte di Cleopatra dramma per musica 2 actsBonaaiutiSerafino Buonaiuti1801-04-3030 April 1801 London, King's Theater in the Haymarket
Armida dramma per musica2 actsDa PonteLorenzo Da Ponte, after Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata1802-06-011 June 1802 London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
avaroL'avaro opéra comique 2 actsBertatiGiovanni Bertati1804-03-3030 March 1804 Paris, Théâtre des Italiens
Blaisot et Pasquin opéra comique 1 act Alexandre-Joseph Leroy de Bacre, Francis d'Allarde, and Martinelli1804-04-099 April 1804 Paris, Théâtre Montansier (Salle de l'Opéra Bouffe)
maitreLe maître de chapelle opéra comique   1804-05-033 May 1804 Paris, Théâtre des Italiens
Corali, ou La lanterne magique opéra comique 1 act GretryAndré Joseph Grétry, neveu1804-07-077 July 1804 Paris, Théâtre Molière
eauL'eau et le feu, ou Le gascon à l'épreuve opéra comique1 actGangiranCharles Gaugiran-Nanteuil1804-08-1010 August 1804 Paris, Théâtre Montansier-Variétés (Variétés-Montansier, galeries du Palais-Royal)
contratLe contrat signé d'avance, ou Laquelle est ma femme? opéra comique1 act F. Ligier1804-09-2929 September 1804 Paris, Théâtre Molière
gasconLe gascon, gascon malgré lui opéra comique1 act P. Guillet and Eugène Hus1804-11-1717 November 1804 Paris, Théâtre Molière
Amour et coquetterie opéra comique1 act André-Jacques Coffin-Rony1806-01-077 January 1806 Paris, Théâtre des Jeunes-Élèves
livreLe livre des destins opéra comique1 act NogaretFélix Nogaret1806-02-022 February 1806 Paris, Théâtre des Jeunes-Élèves
familleLa famille venitienne, ou Le château d'Orseno opéra comique3 actsDupetitFrédéric Dupetit-Méré1806-05-077 May 1806 Paris, Théâtre des Jeunes-Artistes (rue de Bondy)
Monsieur Jugolo, ou Les chercheurs opéra comique1 act  1806-05-2222 May 1806 Paris, Théâtre des Jeunes-Élèves
chateauLe château mystérieux, ou Le crime commis et vengé opéra comique3 actsRedonMaxime de Redon and Charles Rivière Defresnoy1806-07-1212 July 1806 Paris, Théâtre des Jeunes-Élèves
triompheLe triomphe d'Alcide à Athènes drame héroïque2 actsMolinePierre-Louis Moline and Adrien-Firmin Pillon1806-09-00September 1806 Paris, Théâtre Molière
soeurLa soeur officieuse, ou Addresse et mensonge opéra comique1 act RedonMaxime de Redon and Charles Rivière Defresnoy1806-10-1818 October 1806 Paris, Théâtre des Jeunes-Élèves
Almeria, ou L'écossaise fugitive opéra comique 3 actsHadotMarie-Adélaïde Barthélemy-Hadot1806-12-088 December 1806 Paris, Théâtre des Jeunes-Élèves
illustresLes illustres infortunés, ou La souveraine vindicative opéra comique 3 actsRedonMaxime de Redon and Charles Rivière Defresnoy1807-01-088 January 1807 Paris, Théâtre des Jeunes-Élèves
piedLe pied de boeuf et la queue du chat opéra comique3 actsCharrinPierre-Joseph Charrin and Maxime de Redon1807-06-099 June 1807 Paris, Théâtre des Jeunes-Artistes (rue de Bondy)

Doubtful operas

Isolated songs

Surviving play-texts suggest that Bianchi contributed isolated numbers to La premiere représentation by Pierre-Joseph Charrin, first performed at the Théâtre des Nouveaux Troubadours in Paris on 20 September 1806;[2] and to Collin d'Harleville aux Champs-Élysées by Joseph Aude, Décour and Defrénoy, first given in Paris on 20 March 1806. He is also credited as having arranged the music, previously chosen by the author, for Les Sirènes by Jean-Baptiste-Augustin Hapdé, first performed at the Théâtre des Jeunes-Artistes on 24 January 1807.[3]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ This première is reported by Amadeus Almanac; according to the Grove Dictionary it took place, instead, in Venice, at San Moisè theatre in autumn 1783.
  2. ↑ La première représentation, ou, le couplet d'annonce, Warwick Digital Collections
  3. ↑ Les sirènes, ou, les sauvages de la montagne d'or, Warwick Digital Collections

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