Joachim Albertini or Gioacchino Albertini (30 November 1748, Pesaro27 March 1812, Warsaw) was an Italian-born composer, who spent most of his life in Poland. His opera (Don Giovanni or The Libertine Penalized) was performed in the 1780s with both Italian and Polish libretti.
Works
Stage La cacciatrice brillante, intermezzo, libretto by G. Mancinelli, Rome, Teatro di Tordinona, February 1772 Przyjazd pana, polish comedy, Warsaw, 1781 Don Juan albo Ukarany libertyn (Don Juan, or The Libertine Punished), opera in three acts, libretto by Giovanni Bertati,Grove. According to Dizionario Biografico Treccani, the author of the libretto is unknown translation by Wojciech Bogusławski, Warsaw, 23 February 1783 Circe und Ulysses, opera seria, libretto by , Hamburg, 1786 Virginia, opera seria, libretto by Luigi Romanelli, Rome, Teatro delle Dame, 7 January 1786 (Italian libretto) Scipione Africano, opera seria, libretto by Nicolò Minato, Rome, 1789 La vergine vestale, opera seria, libretto by Michelangelo Prunetti, Rome, Teatro delle Dame, 2 January 1803 (Italian libretto) Kapelmajster polski (The Polish Kapellmeister), intermezzo in one act, libretto by L. A. Dmuszewski, Warsaw, 28 October 1808
Other works Missa solemnis, 28 August 1782 Offertorium Kantata na rocznicę elekeji Króla (Cantata on the Anniversary of the King’s Election), 7 September 1790 Symphony in D, 1791 Septet, 25 April 1806
References
Bibliography Barbara Chmara-Żaczkiewicz, "Albertini, Gioacchino", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Second Edition (London: Macmillan, 2001). .
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