Antonio Sartorio

Italian composer

Antonio Sartorio (1630 – 30 December 1680) was a composer active mainly in the Republic of Venice and in the Principality of Calenberg. He was a leading composer of operas in his native Venice in the 1660s and 1670s and was also known for composing in other genres of vocal music. Between 1665 and 1675 he spent most of his time in Hanover, where he held the post of Kapellmeister to Duke Johann Friedrich of Brunswick-Lüneburg – returning frequently to Venice to compose operas for the Carnival. In 1676 he became vice maestro di capella at San Marco in Venice.

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Works

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  • Antonino e Pompeiano
  • Antonino e Pompeiano, Act 3: "La certezza di sua fede" (Pompeiano)
  • Canzone del paggio "Oh che umore stravagante"
  • Giulio Cesare in Egitto
  • Giulio Cesare in Egitto: “Non voglio amar”
  • Giulio Cesare in Egitto: “Quando voglio”
  • Il Seleuco
  • L'Adelaide
  • L'Orfeo, Act 1: "Cara e amabile catena" (Euridice, Orfeo)
  • L'Orfeo: Sinfonia
  • L’Orfeo