Carlo Evasio Soliva

Carlo Evasio Soliwa ( born November 27, 1791 in Casale Monferrato, Italy, † December 20, 1853 in Paris) was an Italian composer of Swiss origin. In fond memories his first opera composition La testa di brooklyn remains ( The head of bronze ), premiered on September 3, 1816 at La Scala, based on a libretto by Felice Romani, which won first place at a tender price of Scala.

Life

Soliwa was the scion of a Swiss chocolatier family immigrated to Italy. He studied piano and composition at the Milan Conservatory, where he soon rose to the top of the class thanks to his talent. In 1815 he got a job as conductor at the Teatro alla Scala. After the successful staging of his first work followed in 1817, Le zingare dell'Asturia ',' Berenice d' Armenia ", 1818, Giulia e Sesto Pompeo ' and 1824, Elena e Malvina '. The sudden rising star of Rossini is Soliwa powerless over.

In 1821 he was appointed director of the Institute for Music and declamation to Warsaw, where he met the young Frederic Chopin. In November 1830 it is the honor in part to conduct the first performance of Chopin's Piano Concerto in E minor. 1832 hired him at the court of the Czar in St. Petersburg for a variety of musical composition work ( chamber and choral music). Through his work fosters an active contact with Glinka and Gogol.

In 1841 he returns from Russia to Switzerland and settled in the birthplace of his father in Ticino Semione.

The last years of his life he spent in Paris in the company of his friends Chopin and George Sand.

Operas

  • La testa di brooklyn o sia La capanna solitaria, libretto by Felice Romani. March 3, 1816, Teatro alla Scala, Milan
  • Berenice d' Armenia, libretto by J. Ferretti. March 1817, Teatro Regio, Turin
  • Le zingare dell'Asturia, libretto by Felice Romani. August 5, 1817, Teatro alla Scala, Milan
  • Giulia e Sesto Pompeo, libretto by B. Perotti. February 24, 1818, Teatro alla Scala, Milan
  • Elena e Malvina, libretto by Felice Romani. May 22, 1824, Teatro alla Scala, Milan
  • Kitaijskaja djewaschka. 1833 [? ], St. Petersburg
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