Antonio Draghi
Antonio Draghi (17 January 1634 – 16 January 1700) was a Baroque composer. He possibly was the brother of Giovanni Battista Draghi.
Draghi was born at Rimini in Italy, and was one of the most prolific composers of his time. His contribution to the development of Italian opera was particularly significant. He began his musical career as a choirboy at Padua, but by 1657 he was appearing on stage, in the opera La fortuna di Rodope e di Damira which was produced in Venice. His first solo effort, the opera La Mascherata, appeared in 1666.
In 1668, Draghi was appointed to the court of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, at Vienna, and he remained there until his death.
List of operas
[edit]This is the complete list of the operas of Antonio Draghi.
| Title | Genre | Subdivisions | Libretto | Première date | Place, Theatre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La mascherata | compositione drammatica | 3 acts | Antonio Draghi | 1 or 4 March 1666 | Vienna, Kleines Hof | Act 3 lost |
| Vero amor fà soave ogni fatica | introduzione a un ballo | 1 act | Antonio Draghi | 6 February 1667 | Vienna, Hofburg | Music lost |
| Comedia ridicula | 3 acts | Anonymous | 11 or 13 February 1668 | Vienna, Hofburg | Act 3 lost | |
| Gl'amori di Cefalo e Procri | rappresentazione drammatica | 1 act | Antonio Draghi | 9 June 1668 | Vienna, Hofburg | |
| Achille riconosciuto | Francesco Ximenes | 12 June 1668 | Vienna, Hofburg | |||
| Il Ciro vendicatore di se stesso | dramma per musica | 1 act | Francesco Ximenes | 18 November 1668 | Amalienburg | |
| Chi più sa manco l'intende, overo Gli amori di Clodio, e Pompea | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Francesco Ximenes | 21 February 1669 | Vienna, Emperor's rooms | |
| Il Perseo | drama musicale | 3 acts | Aurelio Amalteo | 15 July 1669 | Vienna, Hofburg | Act 2 lost |
| Atalanta | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 18 November 1669 | Vienna, Hofburg | Acts 1 and 3 lost |
| Le rise di Democrito | trattenimento per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 17 February 1670 | Vienna, Hofburg | |
| Leonida in Tegea | dramma per musica | prologue, 3acts | Nicolò Minato | 9 June 1670 | Vienna, Hofburg | |
| Iphide Greca | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 12 June 1670 | Vienna, Hofburg | Music lost |
| Penelope (La casta Penelope) |
dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 18 November 1670 | Vienna, Hofburg | |
| L'avidità di Mida | trattenimento per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 8 February 1671 | Vienna, Ritterstube | |
| La prosperità di Elia Sejano | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 9 June 1671 | Vienna, Hofburg | With contributions by Leopold I |
| La gara dei genii | festa teatrale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 14 July 1671 | Vienna, Hofburg | With contributions by Leopold I |
| Cidippe | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 18 November 1671 | Vienna, Hofburg | Act 2 lost. With contributions by Leopold I |
| Gl'atomi d'Epicuro | dramma per musica | prologue, 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 9 June 1672 | Vienna, Hofburg | |
| Gundeberga | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 12 July 1672 | Vienna, Hofburg | Acts 1 and 3 lost. With contributions by Leopold I |
| Sulpitia | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 21 November 1672 | Vienna, Hofburg | Act 1 lost. With contributions by Leopold I |
| Il gioir della speranza | introduzione ad un balletto | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 9 February 1673 | Vienna, Emperor's rooms | |
| Batto convertito in sasso | musica di camera | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 9 June 1673 | Vienna, Favorita | |
| Provare per non recitare | composizione per musica | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 15 October 1673 | Vienna, Favorita | Music lost |
| Gl'incantesimi disciolti | introduzione d'un balletto | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 17 October 1673 | Karlau bei Graz | With contributions by Leopold I |
| La Tessalonica | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 18 November 1673 | Vienna, rooms of Archduchess Maria Anna | Music lost |
| La lanterna di Diogene | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 30 January 1674 | Vienna, Hofburg | Act 1 lost. With contributions by Leopold I |
| Le staggioni ossequiose | introduzione d'un balletto | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 12 April 1674 | Stallburg | |
| Il ratto delle Sabine | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 9–10 June 1674 | Cortina | Act 1 lost. With contributions by Leopold I |
| Il trionfatore de' centauri | festa musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 13 August 1674 | Schönbrunn, zoo | |
| Il fuoco eterno custodito dalle Vestali | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 30 October 1674 | Cortina | With contributions by Leopold I |
| La nascita di Minerva | festa musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 18 November 1674 | Vienna, Hofburg | Music lost |
| I pazzi Abderiti | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 23 February 1675 | Vienna, Emperor's rooms | With contributions by Leopold I |
| Pirro | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 30 May 1675 | Laxenburg, zoo | Act 1 lost |
| Zaleuco (Seleuco) |
dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | ? 17 June 1675 | Vienna, Hofburg | Music lost |
| Turia Lucretia | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 18 November 1675 | Vienna, Hofburg | Act 3 lost |
| Sciegliere non potendo adoprare | prologue, 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 18 November 1676 | Vienna, Hofburg | ||
| Hercole acquistatore dell'immortalità | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 7 January 1677 | Linz, Landhaus | |
| Chilonida | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 20 February 1677 | Vienna, hall of Archduchess Maria Anna | With contributions by Leopold I |
| Il silentio di Harpocrate | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 27 February 1677 | Vienna, Hofburg | Music lost |
| Adriano sul Monte Casio | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 27 June 1677 | Vienna, Hofburg | With contributions by Leopold I |
| Le maghe di Tessaglia | festa musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 22 July 1677 | Schönbrunn, park | |
| Rodogone | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 18 November 1677 | Amalienburg | Act 2 lost |
| La fortuna delle corti | introduzione d'un balletto | 1 act | Anonymous | 1677 | Stallburg | |
| La conquista del vello d'oro | festa teatrale | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 8 February 1678 | Wiener Neustadt, palace great hall | Act 1 lost |
| Leucippe Phestia | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 14 June 1678 | Vienna, Hofburg | With contributions by Leopold I |
| Il tempio di Diana in Taurica | festa musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 1 September 1678 | Schönbrunn, park | |
| La monarchia latina trionfante | festa musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 8 October 1678 | Cortina | Music lost |
| Enea in Italia | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 29 October 1678 | Wiener Neustadt, palace great hall | Act 2 lost. With contributions by Leopold I |
| Li favoriti dalla fortuna | festa musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 22 November 1678 | Vienna, Hofburg | |
| Baldracca | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 22 January 1679 | Vienna, Hofburg | Act 1 lost |
| L'ossequio di Flora | introduzione a un balletto di giardinieri | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | Carnival 1679 | Vienna, Hofburg | |
| La svogliata | trattenimento musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | Carnival 1679 | Vienna, Hofburg | |
| Curzio | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 10 August 1679 | Vienna, Hofburg | Acts 2 and 3 lost. With contributions by Leopold I |
| I vaticini di Tiresia Tebano | festa musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 11 January 1680 | Prague, royal ballroom | With contributions by Leopold I |
| La patienza di Socrate con due mogli | scherzo dramatico per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 29 February 1680 | Prague, royal ballroom | With contributions by Leopold I |
| La forza dell'amicitia | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 13 February 1681 | Linz, palace | Act 1 lost |
| Temistocle in Persia | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 30 June 1681 | Wiener Neustadt | Acts 1 and 3 lost. With contributions by Leopold I |
| La rivalità nell'ossequio | trattenimento musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 22 July 1681 | Schloss Frohsdorf, park | Music lost |
| Achille in Tessaglia | trattenimento musicale | 1 act | Unknown | 26 July 1681 | Mannersdorf | Music lost |
| L'albero del ramo d'oro | introduzione d'un ballo | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 15 November 1681 | Ödenburg | |
| Gli stratagemi di Biante | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 15 January 1682 | Vienna, Hofburg | With contributions by Leopold I |
| La Chimera | drama fantastico musicale | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 7 February 1682 | Vienna, Hofburg | |
| Il tempio d'Apollo in Delfo | introduzione d'un balletto | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 14 July 1682 | Laxenburg | |
| Il giardino della Virtù | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 7 January 1683 | Vienna, Emperor's rooms | ||
| Lo smemorato | trattenimento musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 28 February 1683 | Vienna, Emperor's rooms | |
| La lira d'Orfeo | trattenimento musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 9 June 1683 | Laxenburg, park | |
| Gl'elogii | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 16 January 1684 | Linz, palace | With contributions by Leopold I | |
| Tullio Hostilio, aprendo il tempio di Giano | festa musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 9 June 1684 | Linz | Music lost |
| I varii effetti d'amore | introduzione ad un balletto | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 16 January 1685 | Vienna, Hofburg | Music lost |
| La più generosa Spartana | introduzione ad un balletto | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | ? 10 June 1685 | Vienna, Hofburg | |
| Il Palladio in Roma | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 17 September 1685 | Vienna, Hofburg | With contributions by Leopold I |
| Il rissarcimento della ruota della Fortuna | introduzione ad un balletto | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | ? 15 November 1685 | Vienna, Hofburg | |
| Lo studio d'amore | introduzione ad un balletto | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 13 January 1686 | Vienna, Emperor's rooms | With contributions by Leopold I |
| Le scioccaggini degli Psilli | trattenimento musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | ? 24 February 1686 | Vienna, Hofburg | |
| Il nodo gordiano | festa teatrale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 11 June 1686 | Vienna, Hofburg | With contributions by Leopold I |
| Le ninfe ritrose | introduzione d'un balletto | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 22 July 1686 | Vienna, Hofburg, park | With contributions by Leopold I |
| Il ritorno di Teseo dal labirinto di Creta | introduzione d'un balletto | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | ?7 October 1686 | Vienna, Hofburg | |
| La grotta di Vulcano | introduzione d'un balletto | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | ? 15 November 1686 | Vienna, Hofburg | |
| La vendetta dell'Honestà | rappresentazione musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 9 June 1687 | Vienna, Hofburg | Music lost |
| La gemma Ceraunia d'Ulissipone hora Lisbona | dramma musicale | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 1 and 3 July 1687 | Heidelberg, Elector's palace | Music lost |
| La vittoria della Fortezza | introduzione d'un balletto | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 22 July 1687 | Bellaria | With contributions by Leopold I |
| La fama addormentata e risvegliata | introduzione d'un balletto | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | ?19 November 1687 | Pressburg | |
| Il marito ama più | festa musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 17 January 1688 | Pressburg, Count Pálffy's palace | With contributions by Leopold I |
| Tanisia | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 26 February 1688 | Vienna, Hofburg | With contributions by Leopold I |
| La moglie ama meglio | festa musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 10 June 1688 | Vienna, Hofburg | With contributions by Leopold I |
| Pigmaleone in Cipro | festa musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 13 January 1689 | Vienna, Hofburg | With contributions by Leopold I |
| La Rosaura, overo Amore, figlio della Gratitudine | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Ottavio Malvezzi | 19 February 1689 | Vienna, Hofburg | Act 3 lost. With contributions by Leopold I |
| Il Telemaco, overo Il valore coronato | composizione per musica | 1 act | Ottavio Malvezzi | 21 November 1689 | Augsburg, Fuggers' house | |
| La regina de' Volsci | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 12 January 1690 | Augsburg, Fuggers' house | With contributions by Leopold I |
| Scipione preservatore di Roma | trattenimento musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | ? 26 July 1690 | Vienna, Hofburg | Music lost |
| La chioma di Berenice | festa musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 28 August 1690 | Vienna, Hofburg | With contributions by Leopold I |
| Li tre stati del tempo: passato, presente, e venturo | introduzione d'un balletto | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | ?June 1691 | Neuburg | Music lost |
| Il ringiovenito | festa musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 18 June 1691 | Vienna, Favorita | With contributions by Leopold I |
| Il pellegrinaggio delle Gratie all'Oracolo Dodoneo | invenzione per una serenata | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 23 July 1691 | Vienna, Favorita park | |
| Le attioni fortunate di Perseo | festa | 4 acts | Nicolò Minato | 28 November 1691 | Vienna, Hofburg | Music lost |
| Fedeltà e Generosità | festa teatrale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 12 January 1692 | Vienna, Hofburg | With contributions by Leopold I |
| Le varietà di fortuna in Lucio Iunio Bruto, l'autore della libertà romana | festa per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 18 June 1692 | Vienna, Favorita | Acts 1 and 3 lost. With contributions by Leopold I |
| Il merito uniforma i genii | introduzione d'un balletto | 1 act | ?Nicolò Minato | 22 July 1692 | Vienna, Favorita park | Music lost |
| Il vincitor magnanimo Tito Quintio Flaminio | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 27 November 1692 | Vienna, Hofburg | With contributions by Leopold I |
| L'amore in sogno, overo Le nozze d'Odati, e Zoriadre | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 29 June 1693 | Vienna, Favorita park | Acts 1 and 3 lost. With contributions by Leopold I |
| La madre degli dei | festa musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 22 July 1693 | Vienna, Favorita park | |
| L'imprese dell'Achille di Roma | festa per musica | 4 acts | Anonymous | 22 November 1693 | Vienna, Hofburg | Music lost |
| Pelopida Tebano in Tessaglia | festa teatrale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 25 November 1694 | Vienna, Hofburg | |
| L'industrie amorose in Filli di Tracia | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Nicolò Minato | 16 January 1695 | Vienna, Hofburg | With contributions by Leopold I |
| Amore dà senno, overo Le sciocchezze d'Hippoclide | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Donato Cupeda | 6–12 February 1695 | Vienna, Hofburg | Acts 1 and 2 lost. With contributions by Leopold I |
| La finta cecità di Antioco il grande | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Donato Cupeda | 6 July 1695 | Vienna, Favorita | Acts 2 and 3 lost. With contributions by Leopold I |
| La magnanimità di Marco Fabrizio | 3 acts | Donato Cupeda | 22 November 1695 | Vienna, Hofburg | With contributions by Leopold I | |
| Timone misantropo | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Anonymous | Carnival 1696 | Vienna, Hofburg | Act 1 lost. With contributions by Leopold I |
| Le piramidi d'Egitto | trattenimento musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 6 January 1697 | Vienna, Hofburg | |
| L'Adalberto, overo La forza dell’ astuzia femminile | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Donato Cupeda | 12 February 1697 | Vienna, Hofburg | With contributions by Leopold I |
| L'amare per virtù | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Donato Cupeda | 30 June 1697 | Vienna, Favorita | Act 2 lost. With contributions by Leopold I |
| La tirannide abbatuta dalla virtù | festa musicale | 1 act | Nicolò Minato | 11 August 1697 | Vienna, Favorita park | With contributions by Leopold I |
| L'Arsace, fondatore dell'imperio de' Parthi | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Donato Cupeda | 3 July 1698 | Vienna, Favorita | Acts 1 and 2 lost. Collaboration with Carlo Domenico Draghi |
| Il delizioso ritiro di Lucullo | festa musicale | 1 act | Anonymous | 7 August 1698 | Vienna, Favorita park | Music lost |
| La forza dell'amor filiale | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Donato Cupeda | 27 November 1698 | Vienna, Hofburg | Act 3 lost. Collaboration with Carlo Domenico Draghi. With contributions by Leopold I |
| Le finezze dell'amicizia, e dell'amore | festa musicale | 1 act | Anonymous | 1 August 1699 | Vienna, Hofburg | Music lost |
| L'Alceste | dramma per musica | 3 acts | Donato Cupeda | 28 January 1700 | Vienna, Hofburg | Music lost |
References
[edit]- The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, by John Warrack and Ewan West (1992), 782 pages, ISBN 0-19-869164-5
- Schnitzler, Rudolf; Seifert, Herbert (2001), "Draghi, Antonio", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Second Edition London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-60800-3.
- Seifert, Herbert (1998), “Draghi, Antonio” in Stanley Sadie, (Ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Vol. One, pp. 1237—1240. London: Macmillan Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-333-73432-7 ISBN 1-56159-228-5
- Meloncelli, Raoul. "DRAGHI, Antonio in Dizionario Biografico – Treccani. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 41 (1992)" (in Italian). Treccani. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
