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Giovanni Battista Volpe ( c. 1620–1691) [1]: 41  was a Venetian composer for operas during the Baroque period. He was also known as Rovetta and Rovettino. [2] [3]: 142 

Volpe was an organist at St Mark's Basilica, [1]: 41  and succeeded Giovanni Legrenzi as maestro di capella of the Cappella Marciana from 1690 until 1691. [4] His uncle was Giovanni Rovetta, [5]: 139  a composer and former maestro di capella. [5]: 135 

He collaborated with the librettist Aurelio Aureli on several projects. Volpe composed the music for the opera La costanza di Rosmonda, which premiered in Venice's Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo in 1659. [3]: 330  He then composed the music for the opera Gl'amori d'Apollo e di Leucotoe, [3]: 39  which premiered in the same theatre in 1663. [3]: 332  He composed at least one more opera for the theatre. [1]: 41 

Volpe was the preferred choice of composers in absentia when changes had to be made to their work. [3]: 166–7 

Compositions

  • La costanza di Rosmonda, libretto by Aurelio Aureli (premiered 1659)
  • Gl'amori d'Apollo e di Leucotoe, libretto by Aurelio Aureli (premiered 1663)

References

  1. ^ a b c Sadie, Julie Anne (1998). Companion to Baroque Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN  978-0-19-816704-4. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  2. ^ Glixon, Jonathan E. (2017). Mirrors of Heaven Or Worldly Theaters?: Venetian Nunneries and Their Music. Oxford University Press. p. 244. ISBN  978-0-19-025912-9. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e Glixon, Beth; Glixon, Jonathan (2007). Inventing the Business of Opera: The Impresario and His World in Seventeenth Century Venice. Oxford University Press. ISBN  978-0-19-534297-0. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. ^ Alwes, Chester Lee (2015). A History of Western Choral Music. Oxford University Press. p. 186. ISBN  978-0-19-936193-9. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b Fenlon, Iain; Carter, Tim; Fortune, Nigel (1995). Con Che Soavità: Studies in Italian Opera, Song, and Dance, 1580-1740. Oxford University Press. ISBN  9780198163701. Retrieved 14 February 2020.