Alessandro Pepoli (1757–1796), was an Italian librettist and author of tragedies.
Born in Venice, Pepoli sought to be considered a literary rival to Vittorio Alfieri, often writing his own takes on topics previously addressed by Alfieri. [1] Styling himself as a champion of liberty, [1] in 1783, he wrote an essay on freedom, advocating political reform.
Other noted works include:
- Anna Bolena, a libretto recounting the life of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII. Similar treatments were done in the same period by Felice Romani ( Anna Bolena) and Ippolito Pindemonte (Enrico VIII ossia Anna Bolena).
- A libretto for an opera by Giovanni Paisiello entitled I giuochi d'Agrigento with which the theater, La Fenice, was inaugurated on 16 May 1792.
- A six-page summary translation of John Milton's Paradise Lost, Prospetto del "Paradiso Perduto" di Giovanni Milton Tradotto in versi sciolti da Alessandro Pepoli, printed in Venice in 1795. [2]
- A tragedy Agamennone published in Venice in 1794 and rival of the tragedy with the same subject of Alfieri
References
External links
- Alessandro Pèpoli at www.ariannaeditrice.it
- John A. Rice, "Opera Seria in Theory and Practice: Alessandro Pepoli's 'Letter ad un uomo ragionevole sul melodramma detto serio' (1790) and His Libretto for Paisiello's I giuochi d'Agrigento (1792)
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Alessandro Pepoli (1757–1796), was an Italian librettist and author of tragedies.
Born in Venice, Pepoli sought to be considered a literary rival to Vittorio Alfieri, often writing his own takes on topics previously addressed by Alfieri. [1] Styling himself as a champion of liberty, [1] in 1783, he wrote an essay on freedom, advocating political reform.
Other noted works include:
- Anna Bolena, a libretto recounting the life of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII. Similar treatments were done in the same period by Felice Romani ( Anna Bolena) and Ippolito Pindemonte (Enrico VIII ossia Anna Bolena).
- A libretto for an opera by Giovanni Paisiello entitled I giuochi d'Agrigento with which the theater, La Fenice, was inaugurated on 16 May 1792.
- A six-page summary translation of John Milton's Paradise Lost, Prospetto del "Paradiso Perduto" di Giovanni Milton Tradotto in versi sciolti da Alessandro Pepoli, printed in Venice in 1795. [2]
- A tragedy Agamennone published in Venice in 1794 and rival of the tragedy with the same subject of Alfieri
References
External links
- Alessandro Pèpoli at www.ariannaeditrice.it
- John A. Rice, "Opera Seria in Theory and Practice: Alessandro Pepoli's 'Letter ad un uomo ragionevole sul melodramma detto serio' (1790) and His Libretto for Paisiello's I giuochi d'Agrigento (1792)
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