Il filosofo di campagna
Music by Baldassare Galuppi · libretto by Carlo Goldoni · premiered 1754 · at Teatro San Samuele
Il filosofo di campagna (The Country Philosopher) is a dramma giocoso per musica in 3 acts by composer Baldassare Galuppi. The opera uses an Italian language libretto by Carlo Goldoni. The work premiered at the Teatro San Samuele in Venice on 26 October 1754. Il filosofo di campagna, which has been defined a "masterly opera", obtained a great success, with many performances throughout Europe.
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About the Composer
Baldassare Galuppi (18 October 1706 – 3 January 1785) was a Venetian composer, born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Republic. He belonged to a generation of composers, including Johann Adolph Hasse, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, and C. P. E. Bach, whose works are emblematic of the prevailing galant music that developed in Europe throughout the 18th century. He achieved international success, spending periods of his career in Vienna, London and Saint Petersburg, but his main base remained Venice, where he held a succession of leading appointments. In his early career Galuppi made a modest success in opera seria, but from the 1740s, together with the playwright and librettist Carlo…
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Other Operas by Baldassare Galuppi
- Didone abbandonata (1740)
- Gustavo primo, re di Svezia (1740)
- Il mondo della luna (1750)