Stefano Pavesi
Italian composer (1779-1850)
Stefano Pavesi (22 January 1779, Casaletto Vaprio – 28 July 1850) was an Italian composer. He is primarily known as a prolific opera composer; his breakthrough opera was Fingallo e Comala, and his acknowledged opera masterpiece is Ser Marcantonio. He also served as the maestro di cappella of Crema Cathedral from 1814 to 1818 (shared with Giuseppe Gazzaniga), and alone from 1818 (upon Gazzaniga's death) until his death at the age of 71.
His first music studies were in Crema (neighboring his birthplace), followed by studies in Naples. While in Naples, Pavesi actively joined the Parthenopean Republic. After its suppression, Pavesi was denounced, imprisoned, and deported to France (allegedly Cimarosa intervened to prevent his execution). In France he played the serpent in Napoleon's army band and remained in Italy after the Battle of Marengo. He returned to Crema in 1814 after the Austrian occupation of northern Italy after the War of the Sixth Coalition. He suffered a stroke in 1831 after the failure of his opera Fenella.
Operas
Among his 66 operas are:
La pace (Livorno, Teatro degli Avvalorati 1801)
L'avvertimento ai gelosi (La scuola dei gelosi) (Venezia, Teatro San Benedetto 1803)
L'amante anonimo (Venezia, Teatro San Moisè 1803)
I castelli in aria (Verona, Teatro Filarmonico 1803)
La forza dei simpatici (Verona, Teatro Filarmonico 1803)
Andromaca (Genova, Teatro Sant'Agostino 1804)
La fiera di Brindisi (Firenze, Teatro della Pergola 1804)
Fingallo e Comala (Venezia, Teatro La Fenice 1805)
Il trionfo di Emilia (Milano, Teatro alla Scala 1805)
Amare, e non voler essere amante ossia L'abitore del bosco (Venezia, Teatro La Fenice 1805)
L'incognito ossia L'abitatore del bosco (rev.
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