October 18, 1706:
Baldassare Galuppi is born on the island of Burano, Republic of Venice.
December 26, 1752:
La calamità de’ cuori, a dramma giocoso by Baldassare Galuppi (46) to words of Goldoni, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Samuele, Venice. It is exceedingly popular.
February 10, 1753:
Baldassare Galuppi’s (46) dramma giocoso I bagni d’Albano to words of Goldoni, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Samuele, Venice.
July 10, 1753:
L’eroe cinese, an opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi (46) to words of Metastasio, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Carlo, Naples.
November 4, 1753:
The second version of Ricimero, re dei goti, an opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi (47), is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Carlo, Naples.
January 20, 1754:
A second version of Alessandro nelle Indie, an opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi (47) to words of Metastasio, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Carlo, Naples.
February 10, 1754:
Siroe, an opera by Baldassare Galuppi (47) to words of Metastasio, is performed for the first time, in Teatro Argentina, Rome.
October 26, 1754:
Baldassare Galuppi’s (48) dramma giocoso Il filosofo di campagna to words of Goldoni, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Samuele, Venice.
June 11, 1755:
Attalo, an opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi (48) to words possibly by Silvani or Papi, is performed for the first time, in Teatro Nuovo, Padua.
September 14, 1755:
Baldassare Galuppi’s (48) dramma giocoso Le nozze to words of Goldoni, is performed for the first time, in Teatro Formagliari, Bologna.
November 15, 1755:
La diavolessa, a drama giocoso by Baldassare Galuppi (49) to words of Goldoni, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Samuele, Venice.
January 7, 1756:
Idomeneo, an opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi (49), is performed for the first time, in Teatro Argentina, Rome.
February 26, 1756:
Baldassare Galuppi’s (49) farsetta a4 La cantarina, to words of Goldoni, is performed for the first time, in Teatro Capranica, Rome.
October 4, 1756:
Le nozze di Paride, a spettacolo poetico e musicale by Baldassare Galuppi (49) to words of Chiari, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Angelo, Venice.
January 22, 1757:
Ezio, an opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi (50) to words of Metastasio, is performed for the first time, at the Regio Ducal, Milan.
November 26, 1757:
Baldassare Galuppi’s (51) opera seria Sesostri, to words of Pariati, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Benedetto, Venice.
January 14, 1758:
Ipermestra, an opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi (51) to words of Metastasio, is performed for the first time, in the Regio Ducal, Milan.
January 13, 1759:
Melite riconosciuto, an opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi (52) to words of Roccaforte, is performed for the first time, in Teatro delle Dame, Rome.
June 11, 1760:
Solimano, an opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi (53) to words of Migliavacca, is performed for the first time, in Teatro Nuovo, Padua.
November 15, 1760:
L’amante di tutte, a dramma giocoso by Baldassare Galuppi (54) to words of his son Antonio, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Moisè, Venice.
January 18, 1761:
Li tre amanti ridicoli, a dramma giocoso by Baldassare Galuppi (54) to words of his son Antonio, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Moisè, Venice.
November 18, 1761:
Il caffè di campagna, a dramma giocoso by Baldassare Galuppi (55) to words of Chiari, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Moisè, Venice.
February 2, 1762:
Il marchese villano, a dramma giocoso by Baldassare Galuppi (55) to words of Chiari, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Moisè, Venice.
May 19, 1762:
Viriate, an opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi (55) to words of Metastasio, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Salvatore, Venice, under the title Siface .
December 8, 1762:
Thomas Augustine Arne’s (52) pasticcio comic opera Love in a Village to words of Bickerstaff after Johnson, is performed for the first time, in Covent Garden, London. Included is music by Carl Friedrich Abel (38), Baldassare Galuppi (56), and Felice Giardini. It is very successful.
December 26, 1762:
Baldassare Galuppi’s (56) dramma giocoso Il puntiglio amoroso to words of Gozzi is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Moisè, Venice.
February 3, 1763:
An overture by Johann Christian Bach (27), is performed for the first time, in the King’s Theatre, London to open La Calamita de’ Cuori, a dramma giocoso mostly by Baldassare Galuppi (56) to words after Goldoni.
June 12, 1763:
Arianna e Teseo, an opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi (56) to words of Pariati, is performed for the first time, in Teatro Nuovo, Padua.
December 26, 1763:
L’Issipile, a pasticcio with music by several composers including Domenico Scarlatti (†6), Johann Adolf Hasse (64), Baldassare Galuppi (57), Tommaso Traetta (36), and Johann Christian Bach (28), is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Carlo, Naples.
May 31, 1764:
Cajo Mario, an opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi (57) to words of Roccaforte, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Giovanni Crisostomo, Venice.
December 26, 1764:
La partenza il ritorno de’ marinari, a dramma giocoso by Baldassare Galuppi (58), is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Moisè, Venice.
May 17, 1765:
Zophilette, a pasticcio including music of Baldassare Galuppi (58), Christoph Willibald Gluck (50), Niccolò Jommelli (50), Tommaso Traetta (38), Niccolò Piccinni (37) and Johann Christian Bach (29) to words of Marmontel, is performed for the first time, in Paris.
July 26, 1765:
Baldassare Galuppi (58) crosses the border into Russia. He is travelling to St. Petersburg from Venice at the request of Tsarina Yekaterina II.
October 3, 1765:
Baldassare Galuppi (58) arrives in St. Petersburg to produce Italian operas.
November 15, 1765:
L’arrivo di Enea nel Lazio, a componimento drammatico by Baldassare Galuppi (59) to words of Alamanni, is performed for the first time, in Teatro della Pergola, Florence.
December 5, 1765:
La virtù liberata, a cantata by Baldassare Galuppi (59) to words of Lazzaroni, is performed for the first time, in St. Petersburg.
July 7, 1766:
Baldassare Galuppi’s (59) componimento drammatico La pace tra la Virtù e la Bellezza to words of Metastasio, is performed for the first time, at the Russian court in St. Petersburg.
October 4, 1766:
La cameriera spiritosa, a dramma giocoso by Baldassare Galuppi (59) to words of Goldoni, is performed for the first time, in the Regio Ducal, Milan.
May 2, 1768:
Ifigenia in Tauride, an opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi (61) to words of Coltellini, is performed for the first time, at the Russian Court in St. Petersburg.
August 13, 1768:
After three years in Russia, Baldassare Galuppi (61) crosses the border out of the country on his return to Venice. Accompanying him is his pupil, Dmitry Stepanovich Bortnyansky (17).
December 22, 1768:
Baldassare Galuppi (62) is appointed maestro di coro at the Ospedale degli Incurabili, Venice.
August 16, 1770:
Charles Burney meets Baldassare Galuppi (63) at the composer’s home in Venice. When Burney asks him to define good music Galuppi replies, “charm, clarity, and good harmony.”
May 27, 1772:
Montezuma, an opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi (65) to words of Cigna-Santi, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Benedetto, Venice.
March 23, 1776:
Baldassare Galuppi (69) leaves the service of the Ospedale degli incurabili in Venice.
May 28, 1777:
Marquise Pablo Maruzzi, the Russian charges d’affaires in Venice, writes to Ivan Perfilyevich Yelagin suggesting that the allowance for Dmitry Stepanovich Bortnyansky (26) be cut off. His opera produced last November was a failure, he has not submitted it for revisions to Baldassare Galuppi (70), and he is not attending to his studies.
May 19, 1782:
Il ritorno di Tobia, a sacred cantata by Baldassare Galuppi (75) to words of Gozzi, is performed for the first time, in Venice.
January 3, 1785:
Baldassare Galuppi dies in Venice, Republic of Venice, aged 78 years, two months, and 16 days. His mortal remains will be buried in the church of San Vitale.