António Leal Moreira (1758-1819)
- Sinfonia em Re Maior (1805)
Performers: Orquestra Clássica do Porto; Meir Minsky (conductor)
Further info: Orchestral music
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Portuguese composer. On 30 June 1766 he entered the Seminary of the
Patriarchal of Lisbon, where he was student of João de Sousa Carvalho.
In 1775 he became assistant to his teacher and organist and in 1787 he
was appointed chapel master. On 19 May 1777, he performed his first
sacred work, the Missa do Espírito Santo, which was sung during the
acclamation of Queen Maria I of Portugal. Most of his sacred works were
composed for the royal chapel and from 1782 onwards serenatas by Moreira
were performed at the royal palaces of Queluz and Ajuda. In 1790 he was
appointed musical director at the Teatro de Rua dos Condes, which was
presenting Italian operas. In 1793 he became the first musical director
of the newly opened Teatro de São Carlos, where some of his own operas
and farces on Portuguese texts, including A vingança da cigana (1794),
were performed. In 1799 he left the São Carlos, where he was replaced by
Marcos António Portugal and Francesco Federici. In the following year
he wrote the music for the pasticcio opera 'Il disertore francese',
which was performed at the Teatro Carignano in Turin and at La Scala.
From then on he devoted himself almost exclusively to church music.
Later he had a brief but distinguished military career during the
Peninsular Wars. As a composer, he left 14 operas, 4 masses, sacred
pieces and songs as well as symphonic and chamber works.
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