Leonardo Vinci

Leonardo Vinci (1690 - May 27, 1730) was an Italian musical composer, best known for his operas.

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 and died by poisoning in 1730 — not 1732, as is sometimes stated.

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.

Operas

*"Le doje lettere" (1719)
*"Lo cecato fauzo" (1719)
*"Lo scagno" (1720)
*"Lo scassone" (1720)
*"Lo Barone di Trocchia" (1721)
*"Don Ciccio" (1721)
*"Le zite 'n galera" (1722)
*"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)
*"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)
*"Massiminiano" (1729)
*"Artaserse" (1730)

ources

* [http://opera.stanford.edu/composers/V.html Opera Glass] "This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica."