Aurelio Aureli
Aurelio Aureli was an Italian librettist.
Life
Little is known about Aureli's life. He began his operatic career in 1652 with L'Erginda. Until 1687, he worked as a librettist mainly in Venice, except for a brief trip to Vienna. In Venice he was a member of the Accademia degli Imperfetti and perhaps also of the Accademia degli Incogniti. From 1688 to 1694 he was, however, in the service of the Duke of Parma, during which time he wrote a dozen plays, almost all of which were subsequently set to music by the court composer Bernardo Sabadini. The last librettos were written in Venice and other cities of the Republic.Work
His works include over 50 libretti, including:L'Erginda, set to music by Gasparo SartorioErismena, set to music by Francesco CavalliLe fortune di Rodope e Damira, Pietro Andrea Ziani, Venise ;Il Perseo, set to music by, Venise, Teatro ai SS. Giovanni e Paolo, ;- diverse versioni de L'Eliogabalo, set to music by Giovanni Antonio Boretti and Francesco Cavalli ; and by ;La costanza di Rosmonda, set to music by ;Alessandro Magno in Sidone, set to music by Marc'Antonio Ziani, Venise, Teatro Grimano ai Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Carnaval 1679; Naples, Royal Palace of Naples, 6 November 1679, then Vicence, Teatro di Piazza, 1682, then under the title La Virtù Sublimata dal Grande, overo il Macedone continente, Venise, Teatro di Cannaregio, 1683; Padoue, Teatro Obizzi, 26 December 1706;Talestri innamorata d'Alessandro Magno, Bernardo Sabadini;La ninfa bizzarra, Marc'Antonio Ziani, Novo Teatro sulla Brenta, Dolo, ;Rosane imperatrice degli Assirij, Venice, end of the 17th century.Medea, Venise, 1675, music by Zanettini. This opera opened the Hangar du Quai aux Foins in Brussels on 24 January 1682, the precursor of la Monnaie inaugurated in 1700.