Il Flaminio
Music by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi · libretto by Gennaro Antonio Federico
Il Flaminio is a 1735 opera buffa by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to a Neapolitan libretto by Gennaro Antonio Federico, first performed at the Teatro Nuovo, Naples. Untypically in Pergolesi's difficult and short career the opera was an immediate success and continued to be staged up to 1750.
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About the Composer
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…
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Other Operas by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
- La Salustia (1732)
- Il prigionier superbo (1733)
- La serva padrona (1733)
- Adriano in Siria (1734)
- Livietta e Tracollo (1734)
- L'Olimpiade (1735)