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Griselda (A. Scarlatti), the Glossary

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Griselda is an opera seria in three acts by the Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti, the last of Scarlatti’s operas to survive completely today.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 29 relations: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Alessandro Scarlatti, Amanda Holden (writer), Antonio Bernacchi, Antonio Maria Bononcini, Antonio Vivaldi, Apostolo Zeno, Bernarda Fink, Carlo Francesco Pollarolo, Castrato, Contralto, Dorothea Röschmann, Giacinto Fontana, Giovanni Boccaccio, Giovanni Bononcini, Giovanni Carestini, Griselda (folklore), Kobie van Rensburg, Libretto, Opera seria, René Jacobs, Silvia Tro Santafé, Soprano, Teatro Capranica, Tenor, The Decameron, Tomaso Albinoni, Travesti (theatre), Voice type.

  2. 1721 operas
  3. Operas based on books
  4. Operas based on works by Giovanni Boccaccio
  5. Operas by Alessandro Scarlatti
  6. The Decameron

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (Academy for Early Music Berlin, short name: Akamus) is a German chamber orchestra founded in East Berlin in 1982.

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Alessandro Scarlatti

Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti (2 May 1660 – 22 October 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer, known especially for his operas and chamber cantatas.

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Amanda Holden (writer)

Amanda Juliet Holden (19 January 1948 – 7 September 2021) was a British pianist, librettist, translator, editor and academic teacher.

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Antonio Bernacchi

Antonio Bernacchi (21 June 1685 – 1 March 1756) was an Italian castrato, composer, and teacher of singing.

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Antonio Maria Bononcini

Antonio Maria Bononcini (18 June 1677 – 8 July 1726) was an Italian cellist and composer, the younger brother of the better-known Giovanni Bononcini.

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Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music.

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Apostolo Zeno

Apostolo Zeno (11 December 1668 in Venice – 11 November 1750 in Venice) was a Venetian poet, librettist, journalist, and man of letters.

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Bernarda Fink

Bernarda Fink (born 29 August 1955) is an Argentine-Slovenian mezzo-soprano.

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Carlo Francesco Pollarolo

Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (ca. 1653 – 7 February 1723) was an Italian composer, organist, and music director.

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Castrato

A castrato (Italian;: castrati) is a male singer who underwent castration before puberty in order to retain singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto.

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Contralto

A contralto is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type.

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Dorothea Röschmann

Dorothea Röschmann (born 17 June 1967) is a German soprano.

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Giacinto Fontana

Domenico Giacinto Fontana (1692–1739), also known as "Farfallino", was an Italian castrato singer active primarily in Rome from 1712 to 1736.

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Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio (16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist.

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Giovanni Bononcini

Giovanni Bononcini (or Buononcini) (18 July 1670 – 9 July 1747) (sometimes cited also as Giovanni Battista Bononcini) was an Italian Baroque composer, cellist, singer and teacher, one of a family of string players and composers.

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Giovanni Carestini

Giovanni Carestini (13 December 1700 in Filottrano, near Ancona – 1760 in Filottrano) was an Italian castrato of the 18th century, who sang in the operas and oratorios of George Frideric Handel.

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Griselda (folklore)

Griselda (anglicised to Grizzel and similar forms) is a figure in European folklore noted for her patience and obedience.

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Kobie van Rensburg

Kobie van Rensburg (born 23 May 1969 in Johannesburg) is a South African tenor and opera director.

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Libretto

A libretto (an English word derived from the Italian word libretto) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical.

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Opera seria

Opera seria (plural: opere serie; usually called dramma per musica or melodramma serio) is an Italian musical term which refers to the noble and "serious" style of Italian opera that predominated in Europe from the 1710s to about 1770.

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René Jacobs

René Jacobs (born 30 October 1946) is a Belgian musician.

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Silvia Tro Santafé

Silvia Tro Santafé is a Spanish lyric-coloratura mezzo-soprano.

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Soprano

A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.

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Teatro Capranica

The Teatro Capranica is a theatre situated at 101 Piazza Capranica in the Colonna district of Rome.

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Tenor

A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types.

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The Decameron

The Decameron (Decameron or Decamerone), subtitled Prince Galehaut (Old Prencipe Galeotto) and sometimes nicknamed l'Umana commedia ("the Human comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dante Alighieri's Comedy "Divine"), is a collection of short stories by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375).

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Tomaso Albinoni

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (8 June 1671 – 17 January 1751) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era.

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Travesti (theatre)

Travesti is a theatrical character in an opera, play, or ballet performed by a performer of the opposite sex.

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Voice type

A voice type is a group of voices with similar vocal ranges, capable of singing in a similar tessitura, and with similar vocal transition points (passaggi).

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See also

1721 operas

Operas based on books

Operas based on works by Giovanni Boccaccio

Operas by Alessandro Scarlatti

The Decameron

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griselda_(A._Scarlatti)

Also known as Griselda (A Scarlatti), Griselda (Scarlatti).