Gaetano Luporini

Gaetano Luporini holding his grandson, Gaetano Giani Luporini (1936)

Giovanni Gaetano Luporini (1865–1948) was an Italian composer. A native of Lucca, he studied there with Carlo Angeloni [it] before transferring to the Milan Conservatory, where he studied with Anselmi and Alfredo Catalani.[1] He served as director of Lucca's Pacini Institute between 1902 and 1937.[1] As a composer, he was active in the field of sacred music, and served as maestro di cappella of the Lucca Cathedral.[2]

Tita, costume design by Adolfo Hohenstein for I dispetti amorosi, act 3 (1894)
Set design for La collana di Pasqua, act 1, 3 (1896)

Luporini also composed orchestral and vocal music. He wrote a number of operas, including:[1]

  • Marcella (Milan, 1891)
  • I dispetti amorosi (Turin, 1894) – libretto by Luigi Illica
  • La collana di Pasqua (Naples, 1896)
  • Marie Lacroix (In 1902, his friend G. Martinelli from Brescia organised a libretto by Nicola Daspuro, which comprised four acts) later presented as Nora with three acts (Lucca, 1908)

He also composed an operetta, L'aquila e le colombe.[1]

A Mass for mixed chorus and orchestra, and an Andante religioso, have been recorded on the Bongiovanni label, coupled with a Mass and Andante by Lamberto Landi.[1]

His grandson Gaetano Giani Luporini was also a classical composer.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Liner notes to Gaetano Luporini – Lamberto Landi, Bongiovanni, recorded 1990
  2. ^ Biography at Treccani
  3. ^ "Lucca, musica in lutto: è morto il maestro Gaetano Giani Luporini". Il Tirreno (in Italian). 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.


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