Background
Leonardo Vinci was born at Strongoli in Calabria in 1690.
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Vinci: La Partenope
(This world premiere on DVD features a superb performance ...)
This world premiere on DVD features a superb performance presented by Antonio Florio and the cast of true Baroque Specialists such as Pino de Vittorio (en travesti). Some very comic Intermezzi has been added (as was customary in 18th century).
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Leonardo Vinci
Leonardo Vinci was an Italian composer, best known for his operas.
Education
He was educated at Naples under Gaetano Greco in the Conservatorio dei Poveri di Gesù Cristo.
Career
Vinci’s first known work was a comic opera in the Neapolitan dialect, Lo cecato fauzo (1719; “The False Blind Man”). He served as chapelmaster to the prince of Sansevero and in 1725 received a conductorship of the royal chapel at Naples, a post he held until his death. His earliest extant serious opera, Silla dittatore (1723; “Silla the Dictator”), inaugurated a series of about 40 operas, most written for Naples but some for Rome. Arias from his operas were published in London in 1758 under the title Collection of Songs.
In addition to operas, Vinci wrote a few cantatas, sonatas, a serenata, and two oratorios (Oratorio di Maria dolorata ca. 1723 and Oratorio per la Santissima Vergine del Rosario ca. 1730). His sonata in D major for flute and basso continuo is still played today. He composed 2 charming and intriguing sonatas for the recorder in addition to a recorder concerto in a minor.
Achievements
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He was one of the originators of the Neapolitan style of opera; along with Nicola Porpora, his followers included Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and Johann Adolph Hasse.
Works
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Vinci: La Partenope
(This world premiere on DVD features a superb performance ...)
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Vinci: La Partenope
