Giuseppe Gazzaniga
Giuseppe Gazzaniga (October 5, 1743 - February 1, 1818) was a member of the… Read Full Bio ↴Giuseppe Gazzaniga (October 5, 1743 - February 1, 1818) was a member of the Neapolitan school of opera composers. He composed fiftyone operas and is considered to be one of the last Italian opera buffa composers.
Born in Verona, Gazzaniga was initially intended for the priesthood at the urging of his devout parents. He eventually convinced his father to allow him to pursue a career in music and began studies first in Venice and then at the Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio a Porta Capuana in Naples. While there, he was a pupil of Niccolò Piccinni and Nicola Porpora. Gazzaniga presented his first opera, il Barone di Trocchia, at the Teatro di San Carlo in 1768. He would spend the next several decades writing mostly operas in Italy with the exception of a few trips to Dresden, Vienna, and Prague. His most successful opera was his Don Giovanni Tenorio written in 1787 to a libretto by Giovanni Bertati, possibly an ispiration for the libretto of Mozart's Don Giovanni. His last opera, Martino Carbonaro o sia Gli sposi fuggitivi, was performed at the Teatro San Moisè in Venice in 1801.[1] He also wrote a symphony and three piano concertos.[2]
In 1791, he became musical director of Crema Cathedral in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, where he composed numerous sacred works including several cantatas, oratorios, and masses. He remained in that position until his death in 1818.[3] His life and works were the subject of a detailed study by the prominent 19th-century German critic Karl Crysander.[1]
Born in Verona, Gazzaniga was initially intended for the priesthood at the urging of his devout parents. He eventually convinced his father to allow him to pursue a career in music and began studies first in Venice and then at the Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio a Porta Capuana in Naples. While there, he was a pupil of Niccolò Piccinni and Nicola Porpora. Gazzaniga presented his first opera, il Barone di Trocchia, at the Teatro di San Carlo in 1768. He would spend the next several decades writing mostly operas in Italy with the exception of a few trips to Dresden, Vienna, and Prague. His most successful opera was his Don Giovanni Tenorio written in 1787 to a libretto by Giovanni Bertati, possibly an ispiration for the libretto of Mozart's Don Giovanni. His last opera, Martino Carbonaro o sia Gli sposi fuggitivi, was performed at the Teatro San Moisè in Venice in 1801.[1] He also wrote a symphony and three piano concertos.[2]
In 1791, he became musical director of Crema Cathedral in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, where he composed numerous sacred works including several cantatas, oratorios, and masses. He remained in that position until his death in 1818.[3] His life and works were the subject of a detailed study by the prominent 19th-century German critic Karl Crysander.[1]
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02L 'isola d 'Alcina: Atto III: Spiri il vento a noi in favore (Coro)Giuseppe GazzanigaGiuseppe Gazzaniga
03Don Giovanni (Version without Recitatives): Scena Ultima: "Qual strepito è questo..." (Lanterna, Maturina, Donna Elvira, Donna Ximena, Duca Ottavio, Pasquariello)Giuseppe GazzanigaGiuseppe Gazzaniga
04Don Giovanni (Version without Recitatives): Scena VI: Cavatina "Povere femmine" (Donna Elvira)Giuseppe GazzanigaGiuseppe Gazzaniga
05Don Giovanni (Version without Recitatives): Scena II: "Qual tradimento! Perfido!" (Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Pasquariello)Giuseppe GazzanigaGiuseppe Gazzaniga
06Don Giovanni (Version without Recitatives): Scena I: Introduzione "La gran bestia è il mio padrone!" (Pasquariello, Donna Anna, Don Giovanni)Giuseppe GazzanigaGiuseppe Gazzaniga
07Don Giovanni, K. 527 (Version without Recitatives): Scena I: Introduzione "La gran bestia è il mio padrone!" (Pasquariello, Donna Anna, Don Giovanni)Giuseppe GazzanigaGiuseppe Gazzaniga
08Don Giovanni, K. 527 (Version without Recitatives): Scena IV: Aria "Vicin sperai l'istante" (Duca Ottavio)Giuseppe GazzanigaGiuseppe Gazzaniga
09Don Giovanni (Version without Recitatives): Scena IV: Aria "Vicin sperai l'istante" (Duca Ottavio)Giuseppe GazzanigaGiuseppe Gazzaniga
10Don Giovanni (Version without Recitatives): Scena VII: Duetto "Dell'Italia, ed Alemagna" (Donna Elvira, Pasquariello)Giuseppe GazzanigaGiuseppe Gazzaniga
11Don Giovanni, K. 527 (Version without Recitatives): Scena VI: Cavatina "Povere femmine" (Donna Elvira)Giuseppe GazzanigaGiuseppe Gazzaniga
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