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Gioacchino Conti (28 February 1714 – 25 October 1761), best known as Gizziello, was an Italian soprano castrato opera singer. ==Biography== Conti was born in Arpino in 1714, possibly the son of the composer Nicola Conti.〔Dean.〕 After studying in Naples with Domenico Gizzi, after whom he would later be nicknamed, he made his debut in Rome at an early age, around 1730. According to some modern encyclopedic sources, it took place in Leonardo Vinci's ''Artaserse'', which premiered on 4 February at the Teatro delle Dame.〔Caruselli; Dean; Lisena.〕 However, his name does not appear in the cast of the original libretto,〔''Artaserse. Drama per Musica di Pietro Metastasio Romano tra gli Arcadi Artino Corasio. Da rappresentarsi nel Teatro detto delle Dame nel Carnevale dell'anno 1730'', Rome, Zempel e de Mey, s.d. (1730), p. 8 (accessible for free online at (IMSLP )). See also Kurt Sven Markstrom, ''The Operas of Leonardo Vinci, Napoletano'', Hillsdale NY, Pendragon Press, 2007, p. 304, ISBN 978-1-57647-094-7.〕 and his theatrical debut ought probably to be dated instead in 1731, in revivals of ''Didone abbandonata'' and of the same ''Artaserse'', both by Vinci.〔Fétis, p. 351; Villarosa, p. 54.〕 A colourful anecdote relates how another overweening castrato star, Caffarelli, rode post-haste to Rome from Naples just to attend incognito his debut; and full of enthusiasm eventually yelled at him: "Bravo, bravissimo Gizziello, it’s Caffariello who's telling you!"〔Francesco Florimo, ''Cenno storico sulla Scuola musicale di Napoli'', Naples, Rocco, 1869, II, p. 2042 (accessible for free online at (Internet Archive )). It is likely to be a legend.〕 Whatever the case, at the beginning of 1732 he was urgently called upon to replace the castrato Nicolò Grimaldi (Nicolini), who suddenly died on 1 January during the rehearsals of Pergolesi's first opera ''La Salustia'' at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples.〔Maria Grazia Sità, ''Salustia'', in Piero Gelli and Filippo Poletti (eds), ''Dizionario dell'opera 2008'', Milan, Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 2007, pp. 1176-1177, ISBN 978-88-6073-184-5 (the article is reproduced online at (OperaManager.com )).〕 Having become a member of the theatre's company, later that year he performed in new operas by Johann Adolf Hasse, Leonardo Leo and Francesco Mancini,〔Cf. catalogue of the performances by Conti in the website (GFH (Handel for ever) ).〕 and in revivals of Vinci's ''Catone in Utica'' and ''Artaserse''.〔Conti's appearances in ''Catone in Utica'' and ''Artaserse'' are stated by Benedetto Croce, in ''I teatri di Napoli. Secolo XV-XVIII'', Napoli, Pierro, 1891, p. 298 (accessible for free online at (Internet Archive )).〕 His subsequent career led him throughout Europe and especially to London, where he was engaged by George Frideric Handel, with whom he would build a profitable collaboration. Conti performed in many of his works, such as ''Atalanta'', ''Giustino'', ''Berenice'' and ''Arminio'', as well as in a revival of ''Ariodante''. He sang at many premieres for the best and most famous musicians of his time, including Niccolò Jommelli (''Manlio'', 1746), Baldassare Galuppi (''Artaserse, 1751'') and Johann Adolf Hasse (''Demetrio'', 1747). After 1759, Conti left the stage and settled in Rome, where he spent the last two years of his life. Being a very sharp soprano for his time (Handel got him repeatedly to reach up to C6), Conti was not quite well disposed towards abuse of coloratura and he chose rather to turn to better account his fluent and smooth style of rendering and expression: he has thus remained famous as a sentimental and gentle singer, but he also always kept a condition of absolute excellence at vocal virtuosity, even though not so acrobatic as, for instance, that of his contemporary (and friend) Farinelli.〔Caruselli, I, p. 295. Conti always remained in good terms with Farinelli, who repeatedly invited him to Spain, terming him "Antiguo amigo" (longtime friend) (Sandro Cappelletto, ''La voce perduta: vita di Farinelli, evirato cantore'', Turin, EDT, 1995, p. 108. ISBN 88-7063-223-7)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gioacchino Conti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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