Andrea Bernasconi

Andrea Bernasconi (* 1706, † January 24, 1784 in Munich) was an Italian composer.

Life

Bernasconi's father was a French officer of Italian descent, who settled in Parma. Little is known about the artistic education of Andrea Bernasconi. From 1737 to 1744 he worked as a conductor at the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, in 1747 he married Maria Josepha Wagele in Parma ( 1722-1762 ). On August 1, 1753 he became vice - Kapellmeister to the Elector Maximilian III. After his death in 1784, Franz Paul Grua took his place.

Operas

  • Flavio Anicio Olibrio (opera seria libretto by Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati, 1737, Vienna)
  • Alessandro Severo (opera seria libretto by Apostolo Zeno, 1738, Venice)
  • Temistocle (opera seria libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1740, Padova)
  • Demofoonte (opera seria libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1741, Rome)
  • Didone abbandonata (opera seria libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1741, Venice)
  • Endimione ( serenata, libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1742, Venice)
  • Il Bajazet (opera seria libretto by Agostino Piovene, 1742, Venice)
  • La Ninfa Apollo ( scherzo comico pastoral, libretto by Francesco De Lemene, 1743, Venice)
  • Germanico (opera seria libretto by Niccolò Coluzzi, 1744, Turin )
  • Antigono (opera seria libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1745, Venice)
  • Artaserse (opera seria libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1746, Vienna)
  • Ezio (opera seria libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1749, Vienna)
  • L' Huomo ( festa teatrale, Wilhelmine of Bayreuth, 1754 Bayreuth)
  • Adriano in Siria (opera seria libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1755, Munich)
  • Il trionfo della costanza ( festa teatrale, libretto by Paolo Honory, based on "Il sogno di Scipione " by Pietro Metastasio, 1755, Nymphenburg )
  • Agelmondo ( dramma per musica, 1760, Munich)
  • Olimpiade (opera seria libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1764, Munich)
  • Semiramide riconosciuta (opera seria libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1765, Munich)
  • La Clemenza di Tito (opera seria libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1768, Munich)
  • Demetrio (opera seria libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1772, Munich)
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