Michelangelo Valentini

Michelangelo Valentini (1720–1768) was an Italian composer and organist.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Biography and work

Michelangelo Valentini was born in Naples, around 1720.

Valentini's Solimano: Title page of the libretto

He was probably a student of Leonardo Leo.

He debuted as an opera composer at the Teatro Nuovo (Naples) with the comic opera Il Demetrio. He remained in Naples for most of his life, associated with the Teatro dei Fiorentini, where many of his operas were performed. His works include the cantata Regina Valentini, eight operas, and twenty independent arias. His opera using the plot of La clemenza di Tito, in this case using a libretto by Antonio Palomba, was watched by Mozart in 1770, some 20 years before Mozart's opera seria of the same name.

Michelangelo Valentini died in Naples at some point after 1768.

Operas

  • Il Demetrio (libretto by Antonio Palomba). Opera buffa. First performance in Naples, 1745.[7]
  • La Villana nobile (Antonio Palomba). Comic opera. Naples, 1748.
  • La clemenza di Tito (Antonio Palomba). Dramatic opera. Bologna, 1743.[6]
  • Adriano in Siria (Pietro Metastasio). Dramatic opera. Bologna, 1753.[6]
  • Andromache (Apostolo Zeno). Dramatic opera. Milan, 1754.[6][8]
  • Solimano (Giovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca). Dramatic opera. Turin, 1756.
  • La sconfitta di Darío (Carlo Deodato Morbilli). Dramatic opera. Genoa, 1757.
  • Viriate (Pietro Metastasio). Dramatic opera. Pavia, 1761.

References

  1. ↑ van Boer, Bertil (2012). Historical dictionary of music of the classical period. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780810871830. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Michelangelo Valentini (lists all eight operas)". operone.de. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
  3. ↑ "Michelangelo (Michele Angelo) Valentini (1720–1768)". www.italianopera.org. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
  4. ↑ "Person: Michelangelo Valentini (c.1720-after 1768)". www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
  5. ↑ "Eventi, Valentini Michelangelo (1720–1768)". corago.unibo.it. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Risultati ricerca 'Valentini, Michelangelo'". www.museibologna.it. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
  7. ↑ "Demetrio (Il) Composer: Michelangelo Valentini Friday, January 1, 1745". musicalics.com. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
  8. ↑ "Andromaca (1754)". www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
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