Pompeo Caccini and <i>Euridice</i>: New Biographical Notes
2009; Iter Press; Volume: 26; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.33137/rr.v26i2.11753
ISSN2293-7374
Autores Tópico(s)Chemical synthesis and alkaloids
Resumosurrounding the performance of the first opera, Jacopo Peri's Euridice in Florence on October 6, 1600, for the wedding of Maria de' Medici and Heniy rv of France.He included a list of singers known to have performed the various roles at the premier and at the second production which probably took place shortly afterwards.^Notall of the performers were known, however, and one that Palisca could not name was La Tragedia, the singer of the Prologue.He speculated that the part may have been sung by the same man who sang in the second production, a singer known only as "Giovannino del Sigfnor] Emilio [dei Cavalieri]," but as we shall see, that is not correct Recently discovered documents reveal not only the name of the first singer of the Prologue, but they tell us of Pompeo Caccini's involvement in the first opera and a bit about vocal teaching methods in the early Baroque.Further, while giving us new information about the biography of Giulio Caccini's oldest child, they also provide a very clear impression of the social status of courtly musicians at the end of the sixteenth century.My story is a curious one, dealing with the mores of both the ruling class and their servants.Some of it begins at the level of gossip and it does not show off the characters in the best possible light.On the other hand, it does add important information on a number of subjects, and so I beg the readers' indulgence for unearthing a bit of historical dirt to tell my tale of music, love, marriage, and power.Pompeo Caccini, the only son of Giulio Romano, enjoyed a rather diverse career in the arts as singer, teacher, artist, and set designer.His accomplish- ments are overshadowed now in music history, as they were during his own lifetime, by the extraordinary singing talent first of his father and then of his sister Francesca, but what little
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