Carlo re d'Allemagna
Music by Alessandro Scarlatti · premiered 1716
Carlo re d'Allemagna is a three-act dramma per musica by Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti to a libretto by Giuseppe Papis, after Francesco Silvani, premiered at the Teatro San Bartolomeo of Naples on 26 or 30 January 1716. This is the composer's 79th opera out of 114 composed. Silvani's libretto was already set to music by Benedetto Vinaccesi in Venice in 1698, under the title L'innocenza giustificata and another set to music by Giuseppe Maria Orlandini in Ferrara in 1712, but under the title L'innocenza difesa and given again in Bologna and Parma in 1713 and 1714, shortly before Scarlatti's opera. Papis adds comic roles (Amilla and Bleso) to Silvani's drama, a contrast much appreciated in Naples, absent from Silvani's original libretto, which play the role of intermezzi at the end of the acts. The title refers to Charles the Bald and Judith of Bavaria.
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About the Composer
Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti (2 May 1660 – 22 October 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer, known especially for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the most important representative of the Neapolitan School of opera. Nicknamed by his contemporaries "the Italian Orpheus", he divided his career between Naples and Rome; a significant part of his works was composed for the papal city. He is often considered the founder of the Neapolitan School, although he has only been its most illustrious representative: his contribution, his originality and his influence were essential, as well as lasting, both in Italy and in Europe. Particularly known for his operas, he brought the…
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Other Operas by Alessandro Scarlatti
- L'honestà negli amori (1680)
- Il Pompeo (1682)
- Griselda (1701)
- Il trionfo dell'onore (1718)
- Cambise (1719)