A CHRONOLOGICAL VIEW OF WESTERN MUSIC HISTORY IN THE CONTEXT OF WORLD EVENTS

Pasquale Anfossi

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April 25, 1727: Pasquale Anfossi is born in Taggia, Republic of Genoa.
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August 13, 1771: Nitteti, a dramma per musica by Pasquale Anfossi (44) to words of Metastasio, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Carlo, Naples. Also premiered is Anfossi’s cantata I dioscuri to words of Mattei.
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May 25, 1774: Il geloso in cimento, a dramma giocoso by Pasquale Anfossi (47) to words of Bertati after Goldoni, is performed for the first time, in the Vienna Burgtheater.
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December 26, 1774: Olimpiade, a dramma per musica by Pasquale Anfossi (47) to words of Metastasio, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Benedetto, Venice.
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January 2, 1776: La vera costanza, a dramma giocoso by Pasquale Anfossi (48) to words of Puttini, is performed for the first time, in Teatro delle Dame, Rome.
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September 5, 1782: The arrival of Pasquale Anfossi (55) in London is reported in the press. He is to take up an engagement as composer at the King’s Theatre.
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December 19, 1782: Il trionfo della costanza, a dramma giocoso by Pasquale Anfossi (55) to words of Badini, is performed for the first time, in King’s Theatre, London.
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March 27, 1783: I vecchi burlati, a dramma giocoso by Pasquale Anfossi (55), is performed for the first time, in King’s Theatre, London.
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May 8, 1784: Issipile, a dramma per musica by Pasquale Anfossi (57) to words after Metastasio, is performed for the first time, in King’s Theatre, London.
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June 2, 1784: The Favorite Songs in the Opera Issipile by Pasquale Anfossi (57) is entered at Stationers’ Hall, London.
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June 12, 1784: Le due gemelle, a dramma giocoso by Pasquale Anfossi (57) to words of Tonioli, is performed for the first time, in King’s Theatre, London.
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May 20, 1786: L’inglese in Italia, a dramma giocoso by Pasquale Anfossi (59) to words of Badini, is performed for the first time, in King’s Theatre, London. This is Anfossi’s last production in England and receives only two performances.
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June 2, 1788: The aria Un bacio di mano K.541 for bass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (32) to words possibly by da Ponte is performed for the first time, in Pasquale Anfossi’s (61) Le gelosie fortunate at the Burgtheater, Vienna.
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December 26, 1789: Zenobia di Palmira, a dramma per musica by Pasquale Anfossi (62) to words of Sertor, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Benedetto, Venice.
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January 11, 1790: L’armonia, a cantata by Pasquale Anfossi (62) to words of Butturini, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Benedetto, Venice.
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June 30, 1790: Three pieces for Pasquale Anfossi’s (63) I Viaggiatori felici by Luigi Cherubini (29) are performed for the first time, in Paris.