Antonio Salvi

Antonio Salvi (born the January 17th 1664 with Lucignano, in the Tuscan Province of Arezzo in - died the May 21st 1724 with Florence) was a librettist of opera S Italy N.

Its life

Antonio Salvi was doctor at the ducal court of Florence. From 1694, it started to write booklets for the theaters of Leghorn and Florence. Between 1701 and 1710, seven of its works were represented in Pratolino in the residence of prince Ferdinand de Médicis, whose Salvi had become the preferred poête. After the death of Ferdinand in 1713, Salvi extended the diffusion of its works beyond Tuscany, for example with Rome, Reggio of Emilie, Turin, Venice and Munich. Its booklets were put in music by the most famous type-setters of its time, inter alia Alessandro Scarlatti, Vivaldi and Haendel.

Its booklets

Here is a selection, with the names of type-setters who used them:

Astianatte (1701): Perti, A.M. Bononcini, Gasparini, Vinci, G.B. Bononcini and Jommelli
Arminio (1703): Scarlatti, Caldara, Pollarolo, Hasse, Haendel and Galuppi
Ginevra principessa di Scozia (1708): Perti and Vivaldi; under the title Ariodante : Pollarolo, Haendel and Wagenseil
Rodelinda Regina de Longobardi (1710): Perti, Haendel and Graun
Lucio Papirio (1714): Gasparini, Predieri, Leo and Porpora
It pazzo per politica (1717): Predieri and Albinoni (under the title Eumene )
Scanderbeg (1718): Vivaldi
Adelaide (1722): Torri, Porpora, Haendel (under the title Lotario ) and Vivaldi

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