Francesco Sbarra
Francesco Sbarra | |
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 Sbarra's libretto for Le Lachrime di San Pietro (performed in Vienna, 1666) | |
| Born | Lucca, Italy |
| Baptised | 19 February 1611 |
| Died | 20 March 1668 Vienna, Austria |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, librettist |
Francesco Sbarra (19 February 1611 – 20 March 1668) was an Italian poet and librettist.[1] Born in Lucca, he spent most of his career in Austria where he wrote the librettos for entertainments and operas at the courts of Archduke Ferdinand Charles in Innsbruck and Emperor Leopold I in Vienna.[2][3]
Librettos
- Alessandro vincitor di se stesso (opera in a prologue and 3 acts), set by Antonio Cesti, Venice 1651
- Venere cacciatrice, set by Antonio Cesti, Innsbruck 1659
- La magnanimità d'Alessandro, set by Antonio Cesti, Innsbruck, 1662
- Nettuno e Flora festeggianti (azione teatrale), set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1666
- Le Lachrime di San Pietro (azione sacra), set by Giovanni Felice Sances. Vienna. 1666
- Le disgrazie d'Amore, set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1667
- La Germania esultante , set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1667
- Il pomo d'oro (opera in a prologue and 5 acts), set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1668
References
- ^ Bibliothèque nationale de France. Francesco Sbarra (1611-1668). Retrieved 4 July 2016 Template:Fr.
- ^ Catalano, Alessandro (2002). "L'arrivo di Francesco Sbarra in Europa centrale e la mediazione del cardinale Ernst Adalbert von Harrach" in Brigitte Marschall (ed.) Maske und Kothurn, Vol. 48, pp. 203-213. Retrieved 4 July 2016 Template:It.
- ^ Franchi, Saverio (1997). Drammaturgia romana, Vol. 2, pp. 375–378; 404; 456; 912. Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura Template:It
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