Gian Domenico Partenio

Gian Domenico Partenio (c. 1650 – 1710)[1]^:96 was a Venetian composer of operas during the Baroque period. He served as vice maestro of St Mark's Basilica's Cappella Marciana from 1685,[1]^:96 before succeeding Giovanni Battista Volpe as maestro di cappella from 1692 until 1701.[2]

In 1672, he composed the music for Cristoforo Ivanovich's La costanza trionfante, which premiered at Venice's San Moisè church.[1]^:109

Partenio collaborated frequently with the librettist Matteo Noris. In November 1681, their opera Flavio Cuniberto was performed for the first time in the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo.[1]^:149 A revised version of the opera premiered in the same theatre in 1687, with a new aria for the role of Theodata.[1]^:181–2 In the same year, he composed the music for the second and third acts of Noris' Dionisio, which was performed in the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo.[1]^:151 In 1682, he composed music for the first act of Nicolò Minato's La bugia regnante, which was performed at a theatre in the Cannaregio district of Venice.[1]^:152

He is also believed to have composed music for Nicolò Beregan's Il Genserico.[3] It premiered in 1669 at the Santi Giovanni e Paolo church, and has music also attributed to Antonio Cesti.[1]^:96

Compositions

Il Genserico, libretto by Nicolò Beregan (premiered 1669; attributed)
La costanza trionfante, libretto by Cristoforo Ivanovich (premiered 1672)
Flavio Cuniberto, libretto by Matteo Noris (premiered 1681; revised in 1687)
Dionisio, libretto by Matteo Noris (premiered 1681; acts 2 & 3)
La bugia regnante, libretto by Nicolò Minato (premiered 1682; act 1)

References

Selfridge-Field, Eleanor (2007). A New Chronology of Venetian Opera and Related Genres, 1660-1760. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-4437-9. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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.
Strohm, Reinhard (1985). Essays on Handel and Italian Opera. Cambridge University Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-521-26428-0. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

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[Selfridge2007-1] Selfridge-Field, Eleanor (2007). A New Chronology of Venetian Opera and Related Genres, 1660-1760. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-4437-9. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[2] 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.

[3] Strohm, Reinhard (1985). Essays on Handel and Italian Opera. Cambridge University Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-521-26428-0. Retrieved 14 February 2020.