Giovanni Battista Volpe Explained
Giovanni Battista Volpe (–1691)[1] was a Venetian composer for operas during the Baroque period. He was also known as Rovetta and Rovettino.[2]
Volpe was an organist at St Mark's Basilica,[1] and succeeded Giovanni Legrenzi as maestro di capella of the Cappella Marciana from 1690 until 1691.[3] His uncle was Giovanni Rovetta,[4] a composer and former maestro di capella.[4]
He collaborated with the librettist Aurelio Aureli on several projects. Volpe composed the music for the opera La costanza di Rosmonda, which premiered in Venice's Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo in 1659. He then composed the music for the opera Gl'amori d'Apollo e di Leucotoe,[5] which premiered in the same theatre in 1663.[5] He composed at least one more opera for the theatre.[1]
Volpe was the preferred choice of composers in absentia when changes had to be made to their work.[5]
Compositions
- La costanza di Rosmonda, libretto by Aurelio Aureli (premiered 1659)
- Gl'amori d'Apollo e di Leucotoe, libretto by Aurelio Aureli (premiered 1663)
Notes and References
- Book: Sadie . Julie Anne . Companion to Baroque Music . 1998 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-816704-4 . 14 February 2020 . en.
- Book: Glixon . Jonathan E. . Mirrors of Heaven Or Worldly Theaters?: Venetian Nunneries and Their Music . 2017 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-025912-9 . 244 . 14 February 2020 . en.
- Book: Alwes . Chester Lee . A History of Western Choral Music . 2015 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-936193-9 . 186 . 14 February 2020 . en.
- Book: Fenlon . Iain . Carter . Tim . Fortune . Nigel . Con Che Soavità : Studies in Italian Opera, Song, and Dance, 1580-1740 . 1995 . Oxford University Press . 9780198163701 . 14 February 2020.
- Book: Glixon . Beth . Glixon . Jonathan . Inventing the Business of Opera: The Impresario and His World in Seventeenth Century Venice . 2007 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-534297-0 . 14 February 2020 . en.
