Gian Domenico Partenio was a Venetian composer of operas during the Baroque period. He served as vice maestro of St Mark's Basilica's Cappella Marciana from 1685, before succeeding Giovanni Battista Volpe as Italian: maestro di cappella from 1692 until 1701.[1]
In 1672, he composed the music for Cristoforo Ivanovich's La costanza trionfante, which premiered at Venice's San Moisè church.[2]
Partenio collaborated frequently with the librettist Matteo Noris. In November 1681, their opera Flavio Cuniberto was performed for the first time in the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo.[2] A revised version of the opera premiered in the same theatre in 1687, with a new aria for the role of Theodata.[2] In the same year, he composed the music for the second and third acts of Noris' Dionisio, which was performed in the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo.[2] In 1682, he composed music for the first act of Nicolò Minato's La bugia regnante, which was performed at a theatre in the Cannaregio district of Venice.[2]
He is also believed to have composed music for Nicolò Beregan's Il Genserico.[3] It premiered in 1669 at the Santi Giovanni e Paolo church, and has music also attributed to Antonio Cesti.[2]