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Composer

Leonardo Vinci 1690 - 1730

Bio

Born: 1690, Strongoli

Died: 27/05/1730,

He was born at Strongoli (or Naples) and educated at Naples under Gaetano Greco in the Conservatorio dei Poveri di Gesù Cristo. He first became known for his opera buffa in Neapolitan dialect in 1719; he also composed many opera seria. He was received into the Congregation of the Rosary at Formiello in 1728. He died in May of 1730. Vinci is rumoured to have been poisoned in the wake of a ill-advised affair. Vinci's opera buffa, of which Li zite 'ngalera (1722) is generally regarded as the best, are full of life and spirit; his opera seria, of which Didone Abbandonata (Rome, 1728) and Artaserse (Rome, 1730) are the most notable, have an incisive vigour and directness of dramatic expression praised by Charles Burney. The well-known aria "Vo solcando," from Artaserse, is a good example of his style.

Genres

Opera buffa, Opera seria

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Selection of key operas

Le doje lettere - 1719 Lo cecato fauzo - 1719 Lo scagno - 1720 Lo scassone - 1720 Lo Barone di Trocchia - 1721 Don Ciccio - 1721 Li zite 'ngalera - 1722 - Opera buffa La festa di Bacco - 1722 Publio Cornelio Scipione - 1722 Lo castiello sacchiato - 1722 Lo labberinto - 1723 Semiramide - 1723 Partenope - 1723 Silla dittatore - 1723 Farnace - 1724 La mogliera fedele - 1724 Turno Aricino - 1724 Ifigenia in Tauride - 1725 La Rosmira fedele - 1725 Il trionfo di Camilla - 1725 Elpidia - 1725 L'Astianatte - 1725 Didone Abbandonata - 1726 - Opera seria Siroe, Re di Persia - 1726 L'asteria - 1726 Ernelinda - 1726 Gismondo, Re di Polonia - 1727 La caduta dei Decemviri - 1727 Catone in Utica - 1728 Medo - 1728 Flavio Anicio Olibrio - 1728 La Semiramide riconosciuta - 1729 Alessandro nell'Indie - 1729 Farnace - 1729 La Contesa dei Numi - 1729 Massimiano - 1729 Artaserse - 1730 - Opera seria

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