Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
1710 – 1736 · Italian · 7 operas in the catalogue
Giovanni Battista Draghi (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista ˈdraːɡi]; 4 January 1710 – 16 or 17 March 1736), usually referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (Italian: [perɡoˈleːzi, -eːsi]), was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and organist, leading exponent of the Baroque; he is considered one of the greatest Italian musicians of the first half of the 18th century and one of the most important representatives of the Neapolitan school. Despite his short life and few years of activity (he died of tuberculosis at the age of 26), he managed to create works of high artistic value and historical importance, such as La serva padrona (The Maid Turned Mistress), which played an important role in the development and diffusion of the opera buffa in Europe, L'Olimpiade, considered "one of the finest opere serie of the early eighteenth century", and Stabat Mater, which is among the most important works of sacred music of all time.
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Operas in the Opera Almanac Catalogue
- 1732 La Salustia, 1732 Italian
- 1733 Il prigionier superbo, 1733 Italian
- 1733 La serva padrona, 1733 Italian
- 1734 Adriano in Siria, 1734 Italian
- 1734 Livietta e Tracollo, 1734 Italian
- 1735 L'Olimpiade, 1735 Italian
- n/a Il Flaminio Italian