Giuseppe Sellitti Explained

Giuseppe Sellitto or Sellitti (Naples, 1700-1777) was an Italian opera composer. He is remembered for his Egyptian opera Nitocri, and intermezzi including Il Cinese rimpatriato and La Franchezza delle donne.^{[1] [2]}

Recordings

• Aria: Anche un misero arboscello (from the opera Nitocri) on Venezia recital by Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor) Il Pomo d'Oro, Riccardo Minasi, Virgin 2013

Notes and References

1. Eugene K. Wolf The symphonies of Johann Stamitz - 1981 p315 "Helmut Hell has shown that Jommelli's overture to Eumene was known in Paris in 1753, when it was 'loudly applauded' when played as the overture to the intermezzo Il Cinese rimpatriato by Giuseppe Sellitti (or Sellitto; 1700-77)."
2. Gordana Lazarevich The Role of the Neapolitan Intermezzo in the Evolution of ... 1970 p242 "It appears in 1734, in Sellitti's La Franchezza delle donne. under Sellitti's name. .... Giuseppe Sellitti (1700-1777) is another Neapolitan whose intermezzi show him to have been a man ..."