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Francesco Provenzale
12+ albums
italianbaroqueitaliaClassicalNeapolitan school
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Francesco Provenzale (15 September 1624 – 6 September 1704) was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher. Notably Provenzale was the teacher of famed castrato 'il cavaliere Nicolo Grimaldi (detto Nicolini)'. Before the year 1658, there is virtually no record of Provenzale's existence, although it is thought that he studied at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples. The year of his entry into history is 1654, the year his opera Teseo was performed in Naples.[1] In his life, he mainly focused his energies on teaching, but he has a place in history as the first Neapolitan composer to embrace opera. Before Teseo, he seems to have composed at least two other operas. That same year, an opera called Il Ciro, no doubt by Provenzale, was performed in Venice at the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo. What was remarkable about the opera was that part of the music was by Francesco Cavalli; no other collaborative opera is known of in Venice before this date and Provenzale's Xerse and Artemisia may both have been arrangements of original works by Cavalli. Between composing opera and teaching, Provenzale managed to live a comfortable life. In 1660, he was married to Chiara Basile and by spring 1663, he became maestro of the Conservatorio di S Maria di Loreto, where he had been working for at least two years. In 1665 his son Giuseppe was born; he and his wife also had two daughters.[2] From this point on, until age began to take a toll, his life was a fairly enviable success stor
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Provenzale: Lo schiavo di sua moglie: "Non posso far" (Lucillo)
2112Provenzale: Cuccopinto de st’arma
2073Provenzale: Lo schiavo di sua moglie: "Lasciatemi morir, stelle crudeli" (Menalippa)
1634Squarciato appena havea
1325Provenzale: La Stellidaura, Act 1: "Deh rendetemi ombre care"
1236Compatitemi amanti
257All'impero d'Amore
248Gionto il fatal di
239La colomba ferita, Act I, Scene 9: O signor Mangiafoglia (Eurillo, Scaccia, Calabrese)
2110Provenzale: Il schiavo di sua moglie: Sinfonia
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Tormento d’Amore - Provenzale: La Stellidaura, Act 1: "Deh rendetemi ombre care"
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Sogno Barocco
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Il Canto della Sirena: Cantate Napoletane dell'Eta Barocca
Tesori di Napoli, Vol. 4: La colomba ferita (Sacred opera on the story of Saint Rosalia)
Provenzale: La Stellidaura vendicante
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Provenzale: Missa defunctorum
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Vadstena Academy: 40 Summers of Opera
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La Bella Devozione (Musica Religiosa Policorale (Napoli sec. XVII))
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Amazone
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Alla Napoletana
Lamento
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Tesori di Napoli, Vol. 2