Giuseppe Francesco Bianchi (1752 – 27 November 1810) was an Italian opera composer. Born in Cremona, Lombardy, he studied with Pasquale Cafaro and Niccolò Jommelli, and worked mainly in London, Paris and in all the major Italian operatic centers of Venice, Naples, Rome, Milan, Turin, Florence.
Italian composer
Francesco Bianchi
He wrote at least 78 operas of all genres, mainly in the field of the Italian opera, but in the French opera too. These included the drammi per musica (opera seria) Castore e Polluce (Florence 1779), Arbace and Zemira (both Naples, 1781), Alonso e Cora (Venice, 1786), Calto and La morte di Cesare (both Venice, 1788), and Seleuco, re di Siria (Venice, 1791), and the opera giocosa La villanella rapita (Süttör, 1784).
Bianchi committed suicide in Hammersmith, London, in 1810, probably out of family troubles.[1] He was buried alongside his daughter in the churchyard of the old Kensington Church, now St Mary Abbots, Kensington.[2]
His widow published parts of his "theoretical work" in the Quarterly Music Review for 1820/1821.[3]
Private life
Bianchi married Jane Jackson who was a well known singer. She had a continuing career after Bianchi's death, married William Lacy and they performed for seven years at the court of Oudh.[4]
Works
Operas
See: List of operas by Francesco Bianchi
Religious compositions
Domine ad adiuvandum, 2 August 1773, Cremona
Converte Domine, 10 May 1779, Milan, Metropolitan Cathedral
Exalta Domine, 10 May 1779, Milan, Metropolitan Cathedral
Deus noster refugium con Gloria patri, 10 May 1779, Milan, Metropolitan Cathedral
Abraham et Isaac; Tres pueri hebrai; others
References
Notes
Caruselli, Grande enciclopedia, vol. 1, article: "Bianchi, Francesco", p.157. According to Highfill, Burnim, Langhans's Biographical Dictionary, the loss of his five-year-old sole daughter, occurred on 28 June 1807, was heavy on the musician's heart (article: "Bianchi, Francesco, composer, musician", p.107)
"Bianchi, Francesco" by Marita P. McClymonds and Sven Hansell in Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, accessed 5 January 2010 (subscription required)
(in Italian) Caruselli, Salvatore (ed.), Grande enciclopedia della musica lirica, Longanesi &C. Periodici S.p.A., Roma, vol.4
Highfill, Jr., Philip H., Burnim, Kalman A., and Langhans, Edward A., A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660–1800: v.2, Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, 1973, ISBN0-8093-0518-6
Sadie, Stanley (ed), New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Oxford University Press, 1992, vol.4
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