Ferdinando Bertoni
Ferdinando Gasparo Bertoni | |
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| Born | 15 August 1725 Salò |
| Died | 1 December 1813 (aged 88) |
| Occupations | Composer and organist. |
| Notable work | |
Ferdinando Gasparo Bertoni (15 August 1725 – 1 December 1813) was an Italian composer and organist.
Early years
[edit | edit source]He was born in Salò, Republic of Venice, and began his music studies in Brescia, not far from his birthplace. Around 1740 he went to Bologna, where he studied until 1745 with the famous music theorist Giovanni Battista Martini.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]Then he moved to Venice, where in 1752 he was appointed as first organist at San Marco. From 1755 to 1777 he was choirmaster at the Ospedale dei Mendicanti, also in Venice. In the period 1778–1783 he was in London, where he composed operas for the King's Theatre. Back to Venice in 1784, he succeeded Baldassare Galuppi in 1785 as Kapellmeister of San Marco and preserved this position until his retirement in 1808.[2]
Works
[edit | edit source]A prolific writer of church music, Bertoni also composed 70 operas which fell into oblivion, except Orfeo[3] (Venice, Teatro San Benedetto, 1776), based on the same libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi for the work of Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice (Burgtheater, Vienna, 1762).[4] Bertoni composed this work especially for his friend Gaetano Guadagni, a castrato, who would interpret the role of Orfeo (the same role he had interpreted in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice). Bertoni generally ignored Gluck's reforms and composed the work in the old style of opera seria.[5] Bertoni composed at least 200 sacred works (including about 50 oratorios) and cantatas, instrumental work and chamber music.[6]
Death
[edit | edit source]He died in Desenzano del Garda.
Performances
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Bampton Classical Opera performed his opera Orfeo ed Euridice in 2014, singing in English.[7]
Recordings
[edit | edit source]Orfeo ed Euridice
- https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/bertoni-orfeo-ed-euridice
- https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7955759--bertoni-f-orfeo
- https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-14353/
- https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8006849--vivaldi-stabat-mater
- Anna Starushkevych, the Ukrainian mezzo-soprano, explains how she prepares for a role, including (from about 7:40) her role in Bampton Classical Opera's production of Bertoni's Orfeo ed Euridice.[8]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Free scores by Ferdinando Bertoni in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Free scores by Ferdinando Bertoni at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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