Vicente Martín y Soler (1754-1806)
- La dora festeggiata (1783)
Performers: Sunhае Im (soprano); Raffaella Milаnеsi (soprano); Mаgnus Stаvеland (tenor);
Reiаl Compаnyia Opera de Cаmbra; Juan Bаutistа Otеro (conductor)
Further info: La Dora Festeggiante
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Spanish-Italian composer. He was sent to Bologna to study under the
famous Padre Giovanni Battista Martini, achieving his first success with
an opera, Il tutore burlato, in 1775 (also adapted as a zarzuela).
Thereafter followed numerous commissions from opera houses throughout
Italy, and in 1775 he finally settled in Naples, where he composed works
for the Teatro San Carlo, as well as becoming involved in the
development of the ballet d’action with Charles le Picq. In 1785 he
moved to Vienna, where an association with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte
resulted in three successful operas, Una cosa rara, Il buerbo di buon
cuore, and L’arbore di Diana. In 1788 he was appointed by Catherine II
as director of the theatre in St. Petersburg, although he spent much of
his time writing Russian opera, including Gore bogatyr Kosometovich, a
thinly veiled satire of Swedish king Gustav III. In 1793 he traveled to
London, remaining there for three years, before returning to St.
Petersburg. By early 1796 Martín was back in St Petersburg. He wrote his
last opera for Paul I, who had succeeded Catherine, and thereafter
Martín supported himself with teaching and administrative work until his
death. Primarily known as a composer of opera (with his ballets still
needing study), Martín wrote clear and flowing lyrical themes. Like his
colleagues Giovanni Paisiello, Giuseppe Sarti, and Domenico Cimarosa, he
can be considered one of the major figures of opera buffa of the
Classical period. His music includes 22 operas, numerous insertion
pieces to the works of others, 18 ballets, five cantatas, an oratorio, a
violin concerto, and numerous smaller vocal works.
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