Antonio Sacchini

(b Florence, 14 June 1730; d Paris, 6 Oct 1786). Italian composer. He was a favourite pupil of Durante's at the S Maria di Loreto conservatory in Naples, where he presented his first two stage works (1756-7) and became secondo maestro (1761). From the 1760s he composed operas, comic and serious, for Naples, Rome and elsewhere; in 1768 he became director of the Ospedaletto conservatory in Venice, writing oratorios and sacred pieces. He presented three operas in Germany in 1770; in 1772-81 he worked in London, where he won great popularity. Finally he settled in Paris; he was welcomed by Piccinni's supporters, but Gluck's faction intrigued against him. Of his three French operas, Oedipe (1786, Versailles) was hailed as his masterpiece.

More than half Sacchini's 45 operas are opere serie. Among the most admired of the period, they are notable for their expressive melodies and wide range of harmony. His French operas, especially Oedipe, successfully combine these features with impressive choral scenes (influenced by Gluck) and point towards Spontini's grand opera.

Antonio Sacchini.

Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini (14 June 1730 – 6 October 1786) was an Italian opera composer.

Sacchini was born in Florence, but was raised in Naples, where he received his musical education at the San Onofrio conservatory. He wrote his first operas in Naples, thereafter moving to Venice, then London and eventually Paris, where he died. He was one of the leading composers of opera seria.

Operas

Title	Genre	Acts	Premiere (place)	Premiere (date)
Fra Donato	intermezzo	2 acts	Naples	1756
Il giocatore	intermezzo		Naples	1757
Olimpia tradita	commedia		Naples	1758
Il copista burlato	commedia		Naples	1759
La vendemmia	intermezzo	1 act	Rome, revised Barcelona	1760, 1767
Il testaccio	opera buffa		Rome	1760
I due fratelli beffati			Naples	1760
Andromaca	opera seria		Naples	30 May 1761
La finta contessa	farsetta		Rome	1761
Li due bari	opera buffa		Naples	1762
L'amore in campo	dramma giocoso	2 acts	Rome	1762
Alessandro Severo	opera seria	3 acts	Venice	Carnival 1763
Alessandro nell'Indie	opera seria		Venice	1763
Olimpiade	opera seria	3 acts	Padua	1763
Semiramide riconosciuta	opera seria	3 acts	Rome	1764
Eumene	opera seria		Florence	1764
Il gran Cidde			Rome	1764
Lucio Vero	opera seria		Naples	4 November 1764
Il finto pazzo per amore	intermezzo	2 acts	Rome	1765
Creso	opera seria	3 acts	Naples, revised London	1765, 1774
La contadina in corte	opera buffa		Rome, revised London	1765, 1782
L'isola d'amore	dramma giocoso	2 acts	Rome	1766
Le contadine bizzarre			Milan	1766
Artaserse	opera seria	3 acts	Rome	1768
Nicoraste	opera seria	3 acts	Venice	1769
Scipione in Cartagena	opera seria		Munich	8 January 1770
Calliroe	opera seria		Ludwigsburg	1770
L'eroe cinese	opera seria		Munich	1770
Adriano in Siria	opera seria		Venice	1770
Ezio	opera seria		Naples	1771
Armida	opera seria	3 acts	Milan	1772
Vologeso	opera seria		Parma	1772
Tamerlano	opera seria		London	1773
Il Cid	opera seria		London	19 January 1773
Perseo	opera seria	3 acts	London	1774
Nitteti	opera seria	3 acts	London	1774
Montezuma	opera seria	3 acts	London	1775
Erifile	opera seria	3 acts	London	1778
L'amore soldato	dramma giocoso	3 acts	London	1778
L'avaro deluso, o Don Calandrino	dramma giocoso	3 acts	London	1778
Enea e Lavinia	opera seria	3 acts	London	1779
Mitridate	opera seria		London	1781
Renaud (revision of Armida)		3 acts	Paris	1783 score
Chimène (revision of Il gran Cidde)	tragédie lyrique	3 acts	Fontainebleau	1783
Dardanus	tragédie	4 acts	Paris	1784 score
Œdipe à Colone	tragédie lyrique	3 acts	Versailles	4 January 1786 score
Arvire et Evelina (incomplete, finished by Jean-Baptiste Rey)	tragédie lyrique	3 acts	Paris	1788

Sources

• DiChiera, David (1992). "Sacchini, Antonio". in Stanley Sadie. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London. ISBN 0-333-73432-7. 

External links

• Free scores by Antonio Maria Gaspare Sacchini in the Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
• Free scores by Antonio Sacchini in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)

Persondata
NAME	Sacchini, Antonio Maria Gasparo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Italian opera composer
DATE OF BIRTH	14 June 1730
PLACE OF BIRTH	Florence
DATE OF DEATH	6 October 1786
PLACE OF DEATH	Paris

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