Aurelio Aureli

Aurelio Aureli
Born	before1652 Venice
Died	after 1708 Venice
Occupation	Poet, ibrettist
Language	Italian

Aurelio Aureli (before 1652 – after 1708) was an Italian librettist.

Little is known about Aureli's life. He debuted in the operatic field in 1652 with L'Erginda. Until 1687 he worked as a librettist mainly in Venice, with the exception of a brief trip to Vienna. In the lagoon city 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 period he wrote about a dozen dramatic works, which were then almost all music by the then composer of the court Bernardo Sabadini. The last librettos were written in Venice and in other cities of the Republic.

Operas

Here is an incomplete list of his at least 50 libretti:

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Title	Composer, Premiere location and Premiere date
Ciro	Example
Le fortune di Rodope e Damira	Pietro Andrea Ziani, Venice, 1657
Il Perseo	Andrea Mattioli, Venice, Teatro ai SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 1685
L'Eliogabalo	Giovanni Antonio Boretti
L'Eliogabalo	Francesco Cavalli, 1668
L'Eliogabalo	Pietro Simone Agostini, 1670
La costanza di Rosmonda	Pietro Simone Agostini,1670
Ercole in Tebe	*Venice, Teatro Vendramino in S. Salvatore, 1671 remake by the same Aureli in 1688 specifically for the Teatro di Piacenza, with the title changed to: L' Ercole Trionfante
Alessandro Magno in Sidone	Venice, Teatro Grimano ai Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Carnival 1679 Naples, Palazzo Reale, November 6, 1679 Vicenza, Teatro di Piazza, 1682 as La Virtù Sublimata dal Grande, overo il Macedone continente: Venice, Teatro di Canal Regio, 1683 Padua, Teatro Obizzi, December 26, 1706;
Talestri innamorata d'Alessandro Magno	Bernardo Sabadini
La ninfa bizzarra	Marc'Antonio Ziani	Novo Teatro sulla Brenta, Dolo 1657 various remakes: Rovigo 1706 as Gli amanti delusi Venice 1708 as Il cieco geloso with music by Polani San Giovanni in Persiceto 1729 as Amore e gelosia with music by Buini; also revived by Johann Adolf Hasse
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Sources:

Aurelio Aureli in Philippe Jaroussky's discography, filmography and performance history

Studio albums

Year	Title	Studio album

Concert programs

Year	Title	Concert program

See the respective program page for a list of possible recordings.

Complete list of musical pieces using words by Aurelio Aureli

This listing only reflects the musical pieces performed by Philippe Jaroussky.

Year published or performed	Title	Composer	Work	Album, video or concert program	Year first published/performed