Egidio Romualdo Duni
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Italy
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composer
Composer
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who studied in Naples
Naples
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and worked in Italy
Italy
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, France
France
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and London
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, writing both Italian and French opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
s.
Born in Matera, Duni was taught music by his father, Francesco Duni, and two sisters. At the age of nine, he was accepted at the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto, near Naples. There he worked with Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was an Italian composer, violinist and organist.-Biography:Born at Iesi, Pergolesi studied music there under a local musician, Francesco Santini, before going to Naples in 1725, where he studied under Gaetano Greco and Francesco Feo among others...
, Giovanni Paisiello
Giovanni Paisiello
Giovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era.-Life:Paisiello was born at Taranto and educated by the Jesuits there. He became known for his beautiful singing voice and in 1754 was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at Naples, where he studied under Francesco Durante, and...
, Leonardo Vinci
Leonardo Vinci
Leonardo Vinci was an Italian composer, best known for his operas.He was born at Strongoli and educated at Naples under Gaetano Greco in the Conservatorio dei Poveri di Gesù Cristo. He first became known for his opere buffe in Neapolitan dialect in 1719; he also composed many opere serie...
, and other masters of Italian opera.
His first success was with the opera Nerone presented at the Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
Carnival in 1735. Thereafter he was in London (Demofoonte, 1737), returning to Italy where he eventually became maestro di cappella in Parma
Parma
Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....
in 1749.
The latter part of his career was spent in France where he played a key role in the development of the Comédie mêlée d'ariettes
Comédie mêlée d'ariettes
Comédie mêlée d'ariettes is a form of French opéra comique that developed in the mid 18th century following the Querelle des Bouffons dispute over the respective merits of the French and Italian styles, between serious drama and comedy in opera.The best-known ones are Christoph Willibald Gluck's...
(an early form of opéra comique
Opéra comique
Opéra comique is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged out of the popular opéra comiques en vaudevilles of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent , which combined existing popular tunes with spoken sections...
), with such works as Le peintre amoureux de son modèle
Le peintre amoureux de son modèle
Le peintre amoureux de son modèle is an opéra comique in two acts by the composer Egidio Duni with a libretto by Louis Anseaume. It was first performed at the Théâtre de la Foire Saint-Laurent, Paris on 26 July 1757...
(Paris, 1757), La fée Urgèle
La fée Urgèle
La fée Urgèle, ou Ce qui plaît aux dames is an opéra comique in four acts by the composer Egidio Duni...
(Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the arrondissement of Fontainebleau...
, 1765), and L'école de la jeunesse
L'école de la jeunesse
L'école de la jeunesse ou Le Barnevelt françois is an opéra comique in three acts by the composer Egidio Duni. The libretto, by Louis Anseaume, is based on George Lillo's play The London Merchant or The History of George Barnwell...
(Paris, 1765).
He died in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
Italian operas
- Nerone (Rome, 1735)
- Adriano in Siria (1735–1736)
- Giuseppe riconosciuto (1736)
- La tirannide debellata (1736)
- Demofoonte (London, 1737)
- Didone abbandonata (1739)
- Catone in Utica (1740)
- Bajazet (1743)
- Antaserse (1744)
- Ipermestra (1748)
- Ciro riconosciuto (1748)
- L'Olimpiade (Parma, 1755)
- La buona figliuola (Parma, 1756)
- Alessandro nelle Indie
- Adriano
- Demetrio
French operas
- Ninette à la cour, ParmaParmaParma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....
, (1755) - La chercheuse d'esprit, Paris, (1756)
- Le peintre amoureux de son modèleLe peintre amoureux de son modèleLe peintre amoureux de son modèle is an opéra comique in two acts by the composer Egidio Duni with a libretto by Louis Anseaume. It was first performed at the Théâtre de la Foire Saint-Laurent, Paris on 26 July 1757...
, Paris, (1757) - Le docteur Sangrado, Saint Germain, (1758)
- La fille mal gardée, Paris, (1758)
- La veuve indécise, Paris, (1759)
- L’isle de foux, Paris, (1760)
- Nina et Lindor, (1761)
- Mazet, Paris, (1761)
- La bonne fille, Paris, (1762)
- Le retour au village, Paris, (1762)
- La plaidreuse et le procés, Paris, (1763)
- Le milicien, Versailles, (1763)
- Les deux chasseurs et la laitière, (1763)
- Le rendez-vous, Paris, (1763)
- La fée UrgèleLa fée UrgèleLa fée Urgèle, ou Ce qui plaît aux dames is an opéra comique in four acts by the composer Egidio Duni...
, FontainebleauFontainebleauFontainebleau is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the arrondissement of Fontainebleau...
, (1765) - L'école de la jeunesseL'école de la jeunesseL'école de la jeunesse ou Le Barnevelt françois is an opéra comique in three acts by the composer Egidio Duni. The libretto, by Louis Anseaume, is based on George Lillo's play The London Merchant or The History of George Barnwell...
, Paris, (1765) - La clochette, Paris, (1766)
- Les moissonneurs, Paris, (1768)
- Les sabots, Paris, (1768)
- Themire, Fontainebleau, (1770)