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Ferdinando Paer ( July 1 , 1771 - May 3 , 1839 ) was an Italian musical composer. [ edit ] BiographyPaer was born at Parma , he studied the theory of music under the violinist Ghiretti , a pupil of the Conservatorio della Pietà de' Turchini at Naples . His first Italian opera , Circe , was given in Venice during carnival 1792 ; others rapidly followed, and his name was soon famous throughout Italy. In 1797 he went to Vienna , w his future wife, the singer Francesca Riccardi , had obtained an engagement and he became music director of the Kärntnertortheater until 1801 ; he produced a series of operas, including his Camilla ( 1799 ) and his Achille ( 1801 ). In 1802 he was appointed composer to the court theatre at Dresden , w his wife was also engaged as a singer, and in 1804 the life appointment of Hofkapellmeister was bestowed upon him by the elector. He wrote the opera Leonora (1804), based on the same story as Beethoven's Fidelio . In 1807 Napoleon while in Dresden took a fancy to him, and took him with him to Warsaw and Paris at a salary of 28,000 francs. In 1812 he succeeded Spontini as conductor of the Italian opera in Paris . This post he retained at the Restoration, receiving also the posts of chamber composer to the king and conductor of the private orchestra of the duke of Orleans . In 1823 he retired from the Italian opera in favor of Rossini . It was around this time that he taught composition lessons to the young Franz Liszt . In 1831 Paer was elected a member of the Academy, and in 1832 was appointed conductor of his orchestra by King Louis Philippe .Paer wrote a total of 55 operas, in the Italian style of Paisiello and Cimarosa . His other works, which include several religious compositions, cantatas, many songs and a short list of orchestral chamber pieces, are worthy of further study and performance. His music is highly imaginative and melodic. [ edit ] Operas Orphée et Euridice (opera in prosa, 1791, Parma) Circe (opera, libretto by Domenico Perelli, 1792, Venice; also given as Calypso )Le astuzie, o Il tempo fa giustizia a tutti ( dramma giocoso , libretto by Antonio Brambilla, 1792, Parma; also given as La locanda dei vagabondi )I portenti del magnetismo ( opera buffa , 1793, Venice) Icilio e Virginia (libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa, 1793, Padua) Laodicea (libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa, 1793, Padua; also given as Tegene e Laodicea , Florence, 1799) I pretendenti burlati (dramma giocoso, libretto by Gian Carlo Grossardi, 1793, Parma) L'oro fa tutto (dramma giocoso, libretto by Angelo Anelli , 1793, Milan; also given as Geld ist die , 1795, Dresden) Il nuovo Figaro (dramma giocoso, libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte , 1794, Parma; also given as Il matrimonio by Figaro )Il matrimonio improvviso ( farsa , libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa, 1794, Venice; also given as I due sordi , Parma, 1801) I molinari (farsa, libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa. 1794, Venice) Il fornaro (farsa, 1794, Venice) L'Idomeneo (dramma serio, libretto by Gaetano Sertor, 1794, Florence) Ero e Leandro (dramma, 1794, Naples) L'inganno in trionfo (intermezzo, 1794, Florence) Una in bene e una in male (dramma giocoso, libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa, 1794, Roma; also given as Le astuzie di Patacca , 1802, Dresden) La Rossana (melodramma serio, libretto by Aurelio Aureli , 1795, Milan) Il Cinna (melodramma serio, libretto by Angelo Anelli , 1795, Padua) Anna (opera buffa, 1795, Padua) L'intrigo amoroso (dramma giocoso, libretto by Giovanni Bertati , 1795, Venice; also as Saed, ossia Gl'intrighi del serraglio , 1795, Venice; and Il male vien dal buco , 1797, Bologna) L'orfana riconosciuta (dramma giocoso, 1796, Florence) L'amante servitore (commedia in musica, libretto by Antonio Simeone Sografi , 1796, Venice) Il principe di Taranto (dramma giocoso, libretto by Filippo Livigni, 1797, Parma; also as La contadina fortunata , 1807) Il fanatico in Berlina (1797, Vienna) Griselda, ossia La virtù al cimento (dramma semiserio, libretto by Angelo ...
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