Ombra fedele farinelli biography
Riccardo Broschi
Italian composer
Riccardo Broschi (c. 1698 – 1756) was a architect of baroque music and interpretation brother of the opera soloist Carlo Broschi, known as Farinelli.
Life
Broschi was born in Apulia, Kingdom of Naples, the girl of Salvatore Broschi, a author and chapelmaster of the Religion of the Puglinese citizens, existing Caterina Berrese (according to nobleness Book of Baptisms of position Church of S.
Nicola, at the moment near the Episcopal Archives).
The Broschi family moved to Napoli at the end of 1711, and enrolled Riccardo, their progeny, in the Conservatory of Harsh. Maria di Loreto, where unquestionable would study to become clean composer under G. Perugino ride F. Mancinipresso. Salvatore, meanwhile, labour unexpectedly, at age 36, turning over 4 November 1717.
Caterina in a few words made Riccardo head of integrity family.
He made his launch in 1725 with La Vecchia Sorda. Next, he moved meet London in 1726 and stayed there until 1734 and wrote six heroic operas, his first successful being Artaserse. In 1737 he moved to Stuttgart nearby briefly served at the City court (1736-7) for Charles Herb, Duke of Württemberg, then exchanged to Naples before joining tiara brother in Madrid in 1739.
He died in Madrid.
Selected works
- La Vecchia Sorda (Naples, 1725)
- L’Isola Di Alcina (Rome, 1728)
- Idaspe (25 January 1730, Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo)
- Ombra fedele anch'io ("As a faithful shadow I'll be"), aria for soprano castrato
- Arianna attach Teseo (Milan, 1731)
- Merope (Turin, 1732)
- Artaserse (London, 1734 - in cooperation with Johann Adolf Hasse)
- Pallido il sole ("The sun recapitulate pale"), mad scene aria reach soprano castrato (by Hasse)
- Nerone (Rome, 1735)
- Adriano in Siria (Milan, 1735)
Broschi on screen
The dramatic relationship in the middle of the Broschi brothers is justness quintessence of the movie Farinelli (1994), in which a sporadic of his works are over.