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Farnace is an opera by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, set to a libretto by Antonio Maria Lucchini initially set by Leonardo Vinci during 1724. Vivaldi's setting received its first performance in 1727 at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice. Popular at the time, and revived with great success at the Sporck theater in Prague in 1730, Vivaldi's Farnace (RV 711) slipped into oblivion until the last quarter of the 20th century when it emerged from obscurity.

History of the libretto[edit]

Farnace is the title of several 18th-century operas set to various librettos. The earliest version was written by Lorenzo Morari with music by Antonio Caldara, first performed at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice in 1703. The best known libretto on this subject, however, was written by Antonio Maria Lucchini and set by Vinci and Vivaldi.

Corselli version[edit]

Baroque meets tango in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Astor Piazzolla’s Cuatro estaciones portenas. Part of BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2020-21 Season.

Farnace was recomposed by Francesco Corselli (1705–1778) (an Italian composer with a French father).^[1] Corselli's Farnace received its debut in Madrid at the Royal Theater of the Buen Retiro in 1739. Additional settings continued to be composed as late as the 1780s. One later setting is the one composed by Josef Mysliveček for the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples in 1767. It is mainly the Vivaldi setting that continues to attract interest today.

It's the Venice Baroque Orchestra, which may be even more fitting, given that Vivaldi was from Venice, and had a position at the Ospedale della Pieta there. And their lead violinist is Giuliano Carmignola, who studied with Luigi Ferro. Carmignola is a superb violinist, a fine interpreter of Vivaldi. In a new listing of best colleges by U.S. News and World Report, ECU remains a leader in social mobility and one of the top five nationally ranked public universities in North Carolina. Www.EnglishChamberOrchestra.co.ukThe English Chamber Orchestra performs Antonio Vivaldi's Winter from The Four Seasons, RV297 P.442 at Richardson Auditorium.

Roles[edit]

Orchestration Vivaldi Gloria

Antonio Vivaldi Songs He Wrote

Synopsis[edit]

The opera tells the story of Pharnaces II; according to the uses of the time there is no historical accuracy since the fate of Pharnaces is quite different from the one in history books.

Farnace, King of Pontus, has been defeated, and to avoid their falling into the hands of the enemy, he commands his wife, Tamiri, to kill their son and then herself. Tamiri's mother, Berenice, hates Farnace and is in cahoots with Pompey, the Roman victor, to kill him. Selinda, Farnace's sister, is taken captive by the Roman Aquilius, who falls in love with her, as does Berenice's Captain, Gilades. Selinda plays them off one another in an attempt to save her brother. Somehow, it ends happily and everyone is spared.

Recordings[edit]

• Farnace – Sara Mingardo, Le Concert des Nations, Coro del Teatro de la Zarzuela Madrid Jordi Savall Alia Vox 2002, combined with a few selections from the Corselli version.^[3] reissued Naive with Corselli arias at the beginning of each disc removed.
• Farnace – Max Emanuel Cencic, Ruxandra Donose; I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis, cond. Rec. 2010. Virgin Classics CD
• Il Farnace – Mary-Ellen Nesi, Delphine Galou, Sonia Prina. Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Dario Shikhmiri: Federico Maria Sardelli Dynamic 2CD

References[edit]

Notes

1. ^http://www.classicalacarte.net/Textes/Fanfare/AV9822A_fanfare.htm
2. ^Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). 'Farnace, 10 February 1727'. L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
3. ^http://www.classicalacarte.net/Fiches/9822.htm

Sources

• Talbot, Michael (2001). 'Antonio Maria Lucchini'. In Root, Deane L. (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Oxford University Press.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)‎

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Born in 1678, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi is closely associated with his native city of Venice. He studied music as a child with his father, a violinist. At the age of 15, he began to study for the priesthood, and was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1703.

Vivaldi spent most of his career at a single institution – the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for the illegitimate children of Venetian noblemen and courtiers. Starting as a teacher in 1703, Vivaldi had as his pupils the girls at the Ospedale, for whom music was a key part of their curriculum. Vivaldi was tasked with composing new works for every major church feast, as well as teaching music and voice, and instructing the girls to play various instruments. He proved himself to be indispensable to the school, and was given the position of maestro di concerti in 1716. Under his tenure, the Ospedale’s choir and orchestra built a strong reputation.

Vivaldi Orchestra Summer

Vivaldi wrote over 500 instrumental concertos and sacred choral works. He also composed some 40 operas, not for the school, but for public performance in Venice. Although Vivaldi remained with the Ospedale through virtually his entire life, his music became known throughout Europe. Vivaldi’s influence may have helped to lighten the darker aspects of the northern European baroque by infusing it with a joyful, Mediterranean tone.

Vivaldi Orchestra Svetlana Bezrodnaya

In 1740, Vivaldi moved to Vienna. It is thought that he may have hoped to gain a position with the Austrian court, but seems to have found no success. He died in Vienna as a pauper in 1741. In a curious coincidence that illustrates the intertwined relationships throughout the baroque world, a young Franz Joseph Hayden was at this time a choir boy at St. Stephen’s Cathedral, where Vivaldi’s funeral was conducted.

At the time of his death, Vivaldi’s music was already falling out of favor and few of his compositions were available. He would be virtually ignored until after 1926, when a large cache of original manuscripts was discovered (including his now-beloved Four Seasons). Forgotten works by Vivaldi continue to appear from time to time, most recently in 2003 and 2005.