Carlo Grua

Carlo Luigi Grua (* around 1700 in Milan, † April 11, 1773 in Mannheim ) was an Italian composer and conductor of the early classical period.

Carlo Grua came from an Italian-German family of musicians. His father Carlo Luigi Pietro Grua (1665-1726) was Vice-Kapellmeister at the Dresden court orchestra. He himself was from 1733 Kapellmeister of Duke Charles III. Philipp of the Palatinate at the Mannheim court. His son Franz Paul Grua (1753-1833) was a violinist at the Mannheim court and later in Munich, where he rose to become Kapellmeister.

Works (selection)

His work includes both church music and oratorios and operas.

Operas

  • Telegono: tragedian per musica; rappresentata alla corte Elettoral Palatine il carnovale dell ' anno 1697 libretto by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicini. - Dusseldorff. Schleuter, 1697 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Dusseldorf
  • Meride ( 1742), libretto G. C. Pasquini.
  • La Clemenza di Tito (1748 ), libretto Metastasio.

Oratories

  • La conversione th. S. Ignazio (1740 ), text by L. Santorini
  • Bersabea, owero il pentimento di David (1741 )
  • Jaele (1741 ), text by L. Santorini
  • Il Figliuol prodigo ( 1742, rev. 1749), text by GC Pasquini
  • La missione sacerdotale ( 1746 ), text by L. Santorini
  • S. Elena al Calvario (1750 ), text by Metastasio
  • La passione di nostro Signore Giesu Christo ( 1754), text by Metastasio
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