Gian Domenico Partenio

Gian Domenico Partenio (c. 1650 – 1710)^[1]: 96 was a Venetian composer of operas during the Baroque period. He served as vice maestro of St Mark's Basilica's Cappella Marciana from 1685,^[1]: 96 before succeeding Giovanni Battista Volpe as maestro di cappella from 1692 until 1701.^[2]

In 1672, he composed the music for Cristoforo Ivanovich's La costanza trionfante, which premiered at Venice's San Moisè church.^[1]: 109

Partenio collaborated frequently with the librettist Matteo Noris. In November 1681, their opera Flavio Cuniberto was performed for the first time in the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo.^[1]: 149 A revised version of the opera premiered in the same theatre in 1687, with a new aria for the role of Theodata.^{[1]: 181–2} In the same year, he composed the music for the second and third acts of Noris' Dionisio, which was performed in the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo.^[1]: 151 In 1682, he composed music for the first act of Nicolò Minato's La bugia regnante, which was performed at a theatre in the Cannaregio district of Venice.^[1]: 152

He is also believed to have composed music for Nicolò Beregan's Il Genserico.^[3] It premiered in 1669 at the Santi Giovanni e Paolo church, and has music also attributed to Antonio Cesti.^[1]: 96

Compositions

• Il Genserico, libretto by Nicolò Beregan (premiered 1669; attributed)
• La costanza trionfante, libretto by Cristoforo Ivanovich (premiered 1672)
• Flavio Cuniberto, libretto by Matteo Noris (premiered 1681; revised in 1687)
• Dionisio, libretto by Matteo Noris (premiered 1681; acts 2 & 3)
• La bugia regnante, libretto by Nicolò Minato (premiered 1682; act 1)

References

1. Selfridge-Field, Eleanor (2007). A New Chronology of Venetian Opera and Related Genres, 1660-1760. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-4437-9. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
2. Alwes, Chester Lee (2015). A History of Western Choral Music. Oxford University Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-19-936193-9. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
3. Strohm, Reinhard (1985). Essays on Handel and Italian Opera. Cambridge University Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-521-26428-0. Retrieved 14 February 2020.