122:
284:
939:
244:
1185:
739:
Pietro
Antonio Cesti "Pasticcio", Festwochen der Alten Musik in Innsbruck 1980, excerpts from operas "Il pomo d'oro", "Argia", "Tito", "Orontea", "Dori", "Semirami". Performers:
954:
874:
276:
style of the 17th century, and his compositions were heavily influenced by his career as a professional singer. His musical writing owes much to the emerging
1344:
959:
259:
was revived seventeen times in the next thirty years, making it one of the most frequently performed operas on the continent in the mid-17th century. Even
1235:
1283:
230:
in 1666, and first performed in 1668, in a famously lavish production. It was far more elaborate than contemporary
Venetian operas, including a large
1186:"Cesti in Innsbruck – damals und heute: Teil 3 – Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik und „Internationaler Gesangswettbewerb Pietro Antonio Cesti""
1339:
180:
1161:
1334:
895:
270:, and his operas are notable for the pure and delicate style of their airs, more suited to the chamber than to the stage. He wrote in the
1111:
1324:
1329:
333:
1002:
381:
227:
1293:
145:, and took the name Antonio. (He has also been referred to as 'Marc' Antonio', but this is incorrect.) While he was in
1319:
748:
296:
396:
315:
172:
and his success as a singer and composer for operas were coming into conflict, and he was officially reprimanded.
1266:
485:
443:
1027:
Williams Brown, Jennifer (2000). "'Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen': Cesti, Orontea, and the Gelone problem".
1086:
879:
263:
owned a copy of the score. It includes a well-known soprano aria "Intorno all'idol mio" ("Around my idol").
234:, numerous choruses, and various mechanical devices used to stage things like gods descending from heaven (
130:
1314:
1309:
780:
307:-speaking area with salaried staff and was later replaced by another theatre. In 1655, Cesti's opera
267:
1279:
295:
at
Innsbruck which was commissioned by Archduke Ferdinand Charles based on plans of local architect
808:
752:
1289:
1044:
843:
776:
299:. That theatre was – yet unfinished – inaugurated in 1654 with the performance of Cesti's opera
149:
he turned more toward secular music, perhaps due to the patronage and influence of the powerful
978:"Bayerisches Musiker-Lexikon Online: Cesti, Pietro (Marc Antonio, Marc'Antonio, Markus Anton)"
891:
887:
838:
142:
115:
1036:
944:
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
883:
693:
369:
249:
208:
82:
1062:
86:; baptised Pietro Cesti, 5 August 1623; died 14 October 1669), known today primarily as an
304:
236:
872:
Burrows, David L.; Schmidt, Carl B.; Brown, Jennifer
Williams (2001). "Cesti, Antonio ".
183:. One of his Innsbruck residences was the still existing Cesti House in Pfarrgasse 5.
1136:
772:
740:
498:
138:
202:
Cesti is known principally as a composer of operas. The most celebrated of these were
121:
1303:
1048:
950:
945:
817:
Frankfurter Opern und
Museumsorchester, Ivor Bolton (director), OEHMS Classics (2017)
744:
154:
99:
91:
283:
762:
260:
502:
319:
134:
190:, he entered the papal chapel in 1660. In 1666 he became Vice-Kapellmeister at
1210:
1040:
915:
911:
437:
166:
332:
for singers was named after him. It was established in 2010 by the conductor
423:
272:
231:
176:
277:
158:
146:
57:
963:. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 768.
511:
479:
214:
162:
1162:"Internationaler Gesangwettbewerb für Barockoper Pietro Antonio Cesti"
662:
656:
377:
325:
As singer, Cesti performed roles in tenor and later also bass voice.
312:
191:
150:
111:
41:
1211:"Antonio Cesti e la partitura delle 'Nozze in sogno' (Firenze 1665)"
1003:"Cesti in Innsbruck – damals und heute: Teil 1 – Das „Cesti – Haus""
330:
243:
1063:"12. Innsbruck Had the First Opera House in a German-Speaking Area"
102:. He was "the most celebrated Italian musician of his generation".
833:
282:
242:
169:
120:
95:
87:
291:
Cesti composed several of his operas for the new court theatre
1236:"Innsbruck Festival of Early Music nominated for Opera Award"
823:
Accademia
Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (director), CPO (2020)
1112:"The Dogana – from opera house to ruin and event location"
977:
501:) and recorded for HM; revived in Frankfurt in 2015 (
64:
50:
28:
21:
765:, Carlo Ipata, director, Hyperion CDA67771 (2010)
16:Italian composer, singer and organist (1623–1669)
311:was premiered in Innsbruck on the visit of the
303:. It was the first detached opera house in the
186:After holding a post somewhere in Florence as
114:on 5 August 1623. Claims that he studied with
8:
226:) was written for the wedding in Vienna of
175:In 1652 he became a member of the court at
343:
153:family. Here he also came in contact with
18:
1284:International Music Score Library Project
867:
865:
863:
861:
859:
932:
930:
928:
926:
924:
888:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.05335
855:
358:
972:
970:
488:, revised by Giovanni Filippo Apolloni
181:Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria
81:
7:
1345:17th-century Italian male musicians
580:Florence, Accademia degli Infuocati
14:
912:"Cesti, Antonio, Taufname Pietro"
937:
846:, an older contemporary of Cesti
365:Alessandro vincitor di se stesso
194:, and died at Florence in 1669.
110:He was baptised Pietro Cesti at
1261:Grout, Donald; Claude Palisca.
318:to celebrate her conversion to
165:. By 1650 Cesti's calling as a
1340:17th-century Italian composers
497:revived in Innsbruck in 1982 (
240:), naval battles, and storms.
1:
382:Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo
266:Cesti was also a composer of
1335:Italian male opera composers
1294:Choral Public Domain Library
1290:Free scores by Antonio Cesti
1280:Free scores by Antonio Cesti
608:Nettuno e Flora festeggianti
1137:"Cesti, Pietro Antonio OFM"
551:La magnanimità d’Alessandro
297:Christoph Gumpp the Younger
287:New Court Theater Innsbruck
141:religious group founded by
118:"appear to be groundless".
1361:
1267:W. W. Norton & Company
1263:A History of Western Music
125:Cesti's house in Innsbruck
83:[anˈtɔːnjoˈtʃesti]
68:Composer, singer, organist
1325:Italian Baroque composers
1087:"Innsbruck erinnert sich"
1041:10.1017/s0954586700001798
755:. ORF Edition Alte Musik.
517:Giovanni Filippo Apolloni
486:Giacinto Andrea Cicognini
464:Giovanni Filippo Apolloni
444:Giovanni Filippo Apolloni
910:Herbert Seifert (2016).
801:Non si parli più d'Amore
650:Giovanni Andrea Moniglia
161:for a number of Cesti's
94:era, was also a singer (
1330:Italian opera composers
1029:Cambridge Opera Journal
960:Encyclopædia Britannica
880:Oxford University Press
783:: excerpts from operas
328:The yearly competition
599:Venice, Teatro Grimano
404:Venice, Teatro Grimano
288:
253:
129:In 1637 he joined the
126:
79:Italian pronunciation:
1190:innsbruck-erinnert.at
1091:innsbruck-erinnert.at
1007:innsbruck-erinnert.at
674:La Germania esultante
286:
246:
131:Order of Friars Minor
124:
955:Cesti, Marc' Antonio
799:, and two cantatas:
759:Le disgrazie d’amore
708:Acts III and V lost
667:La schiava fortunata
627:Le disgrazie d'Amore
334:Alessandro De Marchi
428:revised version of
212:(Vienna, 1668) and
206:(Innsbruck, 1657),
188:maestro di cappella
1320:People from Arezzo
1141:musiklexikon.ac.at
1067:musikland-tirol.at
875:Grove Music Online
844:Claudio Monteverdi
532:Venere cacciatrice
293:Neues Komödienhaus
289:
254:
127:
1269:. New York, 2001.
1135:Herbert Seifert.
897:978-1-56159-263-0
839:Francesco Cavalli
805:Ò quanto concorso
731:
730:
570:Le nozze in sogno
228:Emperor Leopold I
143:Francis of Assisi
116:Giacomo Carissimi
72:
71:
1352:
1250:
1249:
1247:
1246:
1232:
1226:
1225:
1223:
1222:
1207:
1201:
1200:
1198:
1197:
1182:
1176:
1175:
1173:
1172:
1158:
1152:
1151:
1149:
1148:
1132:
1126:
1125:
1123:
1122:
1108:
1102:
1101:
1099:
1098:
1083:
1077:
1076:
1074:
1073:
1059:
1053:
1052:
1024:
1018:
1017:
1015:
1014:
999:
993:
992:
990:
989:
974:
965:
964:
943:
941:
940:
934:
919:
908:
902:
901:
878:(8th ed.).
869:
753:Konrad Junghänel
749:William Christie
699:Francesco Sbarra
678:Francesco Sbarra
661:revised 1674 in
634:19 February 1667
631:Francesco Sbarra
612:Francesco Sbarra
596:13 February 1666
555:Francesco Sbarra
536:Francesco Sbarra
491:19 February 1656
430:Il Cesare amante
392:Il Cesare amante
370:Francesco Sbarra
344:
268:chamber cantatas
247:Scenography for
224:The Golden Apple
90:composer of the
85:
80:
19:
1360:
1359:
1355:
1354:
1353:
1351:
1350:
1349:
1300:
1299:
1276:
1265:, 6th edition.
1253:
1244:
1242:
1234:
1233:
1229:
1220:
1218:
1209:
1208:
1204:
1195:
1193:
1184:
1183:
1179:
1170:
1168:
1160:
1159:
1155:
1146:
1144:
1134:
1133:
1129:
1120:
1118:
1110:
1109:
1105:
1096:
1094:
1085:
1084:
1080:
1071:
1069:
1061:
1060:
1056:
1026:
1025:
1021:
1012:
1010:
1001:
1000:
996:
987:
985:
976:
975:
968:
953:, ed. (1911). "
949:
938:
936:
935:
922:
909:
905:
898:
871:
870:
857:
853:
830:
781:Fernández Baena
775:, soprano with
736:
702:12–14 July 1668
342:
316:Queen Christina
237:deus ex machina
200:
108:
78:
60:
55:
54:14 October 1669
46:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1358:
1356:
1348:
1347:
1342:
1337:
1332:
1327:
1322:
1317:
1312:
1302:
1301:
1298:
1297:
1287:
1275:
1274:External links
1272:
1271:
1270:
1252:
1251:
1227:
1215:flore.unifi.it
1202:
1177:
1153:
1127:
1116:innsbruck.info
1103:
1078:
1054:
1035:(3): 179–217.
1019:
994:
966:
951:Chisholm, Hugh
920:
903:
896:
854:
852:
849:
848:
847:
841:
836:
829:
826:
825:
824:
818:
812:
773:Raquel Andueza
766:
756:
735:
732:
729:
728:
725:
722:
719:
718:Nicolò Beregan
716:
710:
709:
706:
703:
700:
697:
689:
688:
685:
682:
679:
676:
670:
669:
659:
654:
651:
648:
642:
641:
638:
635:
632:
629:
623:
622:
619:
616:
613:
610:
604:
603:
600:
597:
594:
593:Nicolò Beregan
591:
585:
584:
581:
578:
575:
572:
566:
565:
562:
559:
556:
553:
547:
546:
543:
540:
537:
534:
528:
527:
524:
521:
518:
515:
507:
506:
495:
492:
489:
483:
475:
474:
471:
468:
465:
462:
456:
455:
452:
449:
446:
441:
433:
432:
426:
421:
418:
417:Dario Varotari
415:
409:
408:
405:
402:
399:
397:Dario Varotari
394:
388:
387:
384:
375:
372:
367:
361:
360:
357:
356:Place, theatre
354:
351:
348:
341:
338:
199:
196:
139:Roman Catholic
107:
104:
70:
69:
66:
62:
61:
56:
52:
48:
47:
45:
44:
39:
36:
32:
30:
26:
25:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1357:
1346:
1343:
1341:
1338:
1336:
1333:
1331:
1328:
1326:
1323:
1321:
1318:
1316:
1313:
1311:
1308:
1307:
1305:
1295:
1291:
1288:
1285:
1281:
1278:
1277:
1273:
1268:
1264:
1260:
1259:
1258:
1257:
1256:Other sources
1241:
1237:
1231:
1228:
1216:
1212:
1206:
1203:
1191:
1187:
1181:
1178:
1167:
1163:
1157:
1154:
1142:
1138:
1131:
1128:
1117:
1113:
1107:
1104:
1092:
1088:
1082:
1079:
1068:
1064:
1058:
1055:
1050:
1046:
1042:
1038:
1034:
1030:
1023:
1020:
1008:
1004:
998:
995:
983:
979:
973:
971:
967:
962:
961:
956:
952:
947:
946:public domain
933:
931:
929:
927:
925:
921:
917:
913:
907:
904:
899:
893:
889:
885:
881:
877:
876:
868:
866:
864:
862:
860:
856:
850:
845:
842:
840:
837:
835:
834:Baroque opera
832:
831:
827:
822:
819:
816:
813:
811:AeC003 (2014)
810:
809:Anima e Corpo
806:
802:
798:
794:
790:
786:
782:
778:
774:
770:
767:
764:
760:
757:
754:
750:
746:
745:Judith Nelson
742:
738:
737:
733:
726:
723:
720:
717:
715:
712:
711:
707:
704:
701:
698:
696:
695:
694:Il pomo d'oro
691:
690:
686:
683:
680:
677:
675:
672:
671:
668:
664:
660:
658:
655:
652:
649:
647:
644:
643:
639:
636:
633:
630:
628:
625:
624:
620:
617:
614:
611:
609:
606:
605:
601:
598:
595:
592:
590:
587:
586:
582:
579:
576:
574:Pietro Susini
573:
571:
568:
567:
563:
560:
557:
554:
552:
549:
548:
544:
541:
538:
535:
533:
530:
529:
525:
522:
519:
516:
514:
513:
509:
508:
504:
500:
496:
493:
490:
487:
484:
482:
481:
477:
476:
472:
469:
466:
463:
461:
460:Marte placata
458:
457:
453:
450:
447:
445:
442:
440:
439:
435:
434:
431:
427:
425:
422:
419:
416:
414:
411:
410:
406:
403:
400:
398:
395:
393:
390:
389:
385:
383:
379:
376:
373:
371:
368:
366:
363:
362:
355:
353:Première date
352:
349:
346:
345:
339:
337:
335:
331:
326:
323:
321:
317:
314:
310:
306:
302:
298:
294:
285:
281:
280:of the time.
279:
275:
274:
269:
264:
262:
258:
252:
251:
250:Il pomo d'oro
245:
241:
239:
238:
233:
229:
225:
221:
220:Il pomo d'oro
217:
216:
211:
210:
209:Il pomo d'oro
205:
197:
195:
193:
189:
184:
182:
178:
173:
171:
168:
164:
160:
156:
155:Salvator Rosa
152:
148:
144:
140:
136:
132:
123:
119:
117:
113:
105:
103:
101:
97:
93:
89:
84:
76:
75:Antonio Cesti
67:
65:Occupation(s)
63:
59:
53:
49:
43:
40:
38:5 August 1623
37:
34:
33:
31:
27:
23:Antonio Cesti
20:
1296:(ChoralWiki)
1262:
1255:
1254:
1243:. Retrieved
1240:altemusik.at
1239:
1230:
1219:. Retrieved
1217:(in Italian)
1214:
1205:
1194:. Retrieved
1189:
1180:
1169:. Retrieved
1165:
1156:
1145:. Retrieved
1140:
1130:
1119:. Retrieved
1115:
1106:
1095:. Retrieved
1090:
1081:
1070:. Retrieved
1066:
1057:
1032:
1028:
1022:
1011:. Retrieved
1006:
997:
986:. Retrieved
981:
958:
906:
873:
820:
814:
804:
800:
796:
792:
788:
784:
779:directed by
768:
763:Auser Musici
758:
713:
692:
673:
666:
645:
626:
615:12 July 1666
607:
588:
569:
550:
531:
510:
478:
459:
436:
429:
412:
391:
364:
329:
327:
324:
308:
301:La Cleopatra
300:
292:
290:
271:
265:
261:Samuel Pepys
256:
255:
248:
235:
223:
219:
213:
207:
203:
201:
187:
185:
174:
157:, who wrote
128:
109:
74:
73:
35:Pietro Cesti
1315:1669 deaths
1310:1623 births
1192:(in German)
1143:(in German)
1093:(in German)
1009:(in German)
984:(in German)
741:René Jacobs
653:9 July 1667
646:La Semirami
503:Ivor Bolton
499:René Jacobs
320:Catholicism
135:Franciscans
1304:Categories
1245:2024-08-19
1221:2024-08-19
1196:2024-08-19
1171:2024-08-19
1147:2024-08-19
1121:2024-08-14
1097:2024-08-19
1072:2024-08-19
1013:2024-08-19
988:2024-08-19
916:MGG Online
851:References
777:La Galania
734:Recordings
167:Franciscan
1049:191524563
815:L'Orontea
714:Genserico
561:Innsbruck
542:Innsbruck
523:Innsbruck
494:Innsbruck
470:Innsbruck
451:Innsbruck
424:Innsbruck
413:Cleopatra
273:bel canto
232:orchestra
177:Innsbruck
106:Biography
828:See also
769:Alma Mia
350:Libretto
278:tonality
218:(1656).
163:cantatas
159:libretti
147:Volterra
100:organist
58:Florence
29:Baptised
1292:in the
1286:(IMSLP)
1282:at the
1166:miz.org
982:bmlo.de
948::
821:La Dori
797:Il Tito
793:Orontea
789:La Dori
785:L'Argia
727:
687:
640:
621:
602:
589:Il Tito
583:
564:
526:
512:La Dori
480:Orontea
473:
454:
438:L'Argia
407:
386:
313:Swedish
309:L'Argia
257:Orontea
215:Orontea
204:La Dori
98:), and
92:Baroque
88:Italian
1047:
942:
894:
724:Venice
705:Vienna
684:Vienna
663:Modena
657:Vienna
637:Vienna
618:Vienna
378:Venice
359:Notes
305:German
192:Vienna
151:Medici
112:Arezzo
42:Arezzo
1045:S2CID
545:lost
347:Title
340:Works
198:Music
170:friar
133:, or
96:tenor
892:ISBN
803:and
721:1669
681:1667
577:1665
558:1662
539:1659
520:1657
467:1655
448:1655
420:1654
401:1651
374:1651
137:, a
51:Died
1037:doi
957:".
884:doi
665:as
336:.
179:of
1306::
1238:.
1213:.
1188:.
1164:.
1139:.
1114:.
1089:.
1065:.
1043:.
1033:12
1031:.
1005:.
980:.
969:^
923:^
914:,
890:.
882:.
858:^
807:.
795:,
791:,
787:,
771:,
761:,
751:,
747:,
743:,
505:)
380:,
322:.
1248:.
1224:.
1199:.
1174:.
1150:.
1124:.
1100:.
1075:.
1051:.
1039::
1016:.
991:.
918:.
900:.
886::
222:(
77:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.