Luigi Mosca

Luigi Mosca (* 1775 in Naples, † November 30, 1824 in Naples) was an Italian composer and singing teacher. He composed eighteen operas as well as sacred music.

Life

Mosca studied at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in his hometown of Naples. Like his older brother, the opera composer Giuseppe Mosca, he studied composition with Fedele Fenaroli.

Work

Mosca's opera originated mostly for theater in Naples. Played during his lifetime throughout Italy, they were forgotten by posterity.

2003 's " Italiana in Algeri " was performed at the Festival Rossini in Wildbad; a recording of this production was released on CD.

Stage Works

  • L'impresario burlato (opera buffa libretto by Francesco Antonio Signoretti, Teatro Nuovo, Naples 1797)
  • La sposa tra le imposture (opera buffa libretto by Francesco Antonio Signoretti, Teatro Nuovo, Naples 1798)
  • Un imbroglio ne porta un altro (opera buffa libretto by Giuseppe Palomba, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, 1799)
  • Gli Sposi in cimento (opera buffa libretto by Francesco Saverio Zini, Teatro Nuovo, Naples 1800)
  • L' omaggio sincero (musical allegory in honor of King Ferdinand IV, libretto by Giuseppe Pagliuca, Teatro del Palazzo Reale, Naples 1800)
  • Le stravaganze d' amore (opera buffa libretto by Francesco Saverio Zini, Teatro Nuovo, Naples 1800)
  • Gli amanti volubili (opera buffa libretto by Jacopo Ferretti, Teatro Valle, Rome 1801)
  • L' amore by inganno (L' amoroso inganno, La cantatrice di spirito ) ( comic opera, libretto by Giuseppe Palomba, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples 1801)
  • Il ritorno impensato ( Il ritorno inaspettato ) ( comic opera, libretto by Francesco Saverio Zini, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples 1802)
  • L' impostore ossia Il Marcotondo (opera buffa libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, Teatro Nuovo, Naples 1802)
  • La vendetta femminina (opera buffa, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples 1803; lezione as La vendetta: Théâtre-Italien, Paris 1806)
  • Gli Zingari in fiera (opera buffa libretto by Giuseppe Palomba, Genoa 1806)
  • I Finti Travellers (opera buffa libretto by Nicasio De Mase, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples 1807)
  • L' italiana in Algeri (opera buffa libretto by Angelo Anelli, Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1808)
  • La sposa a varietal (opera buffa libretto by Giuseppe Palomba, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples 1810)
  • Il salto di Leucade (opera seria libretto by Giovanni Schmidt, Teatro San Carlo, Naples 1812)
  • L' audacia delusa (opera buffa libretto by Giuseppe Palomba, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, 1813)
  • Il bello piace a tutti (extract obtained in the Vatican Library, Rome)
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