Italian opera librettist, poet, and harpsichordist
Antonio Palomba (20 December 1705 – 1769) was an Italian
operalibrettist,
poet,
harpsichordist, and
music educator. He also worked as a
notary. Born in Naples, he became a teacher of the harpsichord at the Teatro della Pace in 1749. Most of his more than 50 opera libretti were comedic works written for composers of the
Neapolitan school. He also wrote some works for performance in Florence, Bologna and abroad. He died in Naples in 1769; one of the victims of a fever epidemic in the city. Many of his libretti were set more than once to music, and composers continued to use his libretti up into the 1830s.
There is some confusion about whether these libretti were written by Antonio Palomba or his nephew Giuseppe Palomba, also a librettist, who died in 1825. Articles on both men are available on
it.wikipedia.org.
Monsieur Petitone (Spring 1763 Neapel, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Giacomo Insanguine)
La giocatrice bizzarra (Spring 1764, Naples,
Gaspare Gabellone and Giacomo Insanguine)
La donna vana (November 1764, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Niccolò Piccinni)
Il ciarlone (1765, Milan, Giuseppe Scolari)
Madama l'umorista o Gli stravaganti (26 January 1765, Teatro Rangoni, Modena,
Giovanni Paisiello)
La vedova capricciosa (Carnival 1765, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Giacomo Antonio Insanguine) *L'incostante; (or: Il volubile; La capricciosa) (February 1766, Teatro Capranica, Rome, Niccolò Piccinni)
Le quattro malmaritate (Carnival 1766, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Giacomo Antonio Insanguine)
Italian opera librettist, poet, and harpsichordist
Antonio Palomba (20 December 1705 – 1769) was an Italian
operalibrettist,
poet,
harpsichordist, and
music educator. He also worked as a
notary. Born in Naples, he became a teacher of the harpsichord at the Teatro della Pace in 1749. Most of his more than 50 opera libretti were comedic works written for composers of the
Neapolitan school. He also wrote some works for performance in Florence, Bologna and abroad. He died in Naples in 1769; one of the victims of a fever epidemic in the city. Many of his libretti were set more than once to music, and composers continued to use his libretti up into the 1830s.
There is some confusion about whether these libretti were written by Antonio Palomba or his nephew Giuseppe Palomba, also a librettist, who died in 1825. Articles on both men are available on
it.wikipedia.org.
Monsieur Petitone (Spring 1763 Neapel, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Giacomo Insanguine)
La giocatrice bizzarra (Spring 1764, Naples,
Gaspare Gabellone and Giacomo Insanguine)
La donna vana (November 1764, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, Niccolò Piccinni)
Il ciarlone (1765, Milan, Giuseppe Scolari)
Madama l'umorista o Gli stravaganti (26 January 1765, Teatro Rangoni, Modena,
Giovanni Paisiello)
La vedova capricciosa (Carnival 1765, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Giacomo Antonio Insanguine) *L'incostante; (or: Il volubile; La capricciosa) (February 1766, Teatro Capranica, Rome, Niccolò Piccinni)
Le quattro malmaritate (Carnival 1766, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, Giacomo Antonio Insanguine)