Nicola Fago

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nicola Fago.
Nicola Fago.

Nicola Fago (26 February 1677 - February 18, 1745) was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher.

[edit] Biography

Born in Taranto, he studied music at the Conservatorio della Pietà de`Turchini in Naples between 1693 and 1695. Between 1704 and 1708 he worked at the Conservatorio Sant´Onofrio. From 1705 to 1740 he was at the Conservatorio della Pietà d`Turchini, and from 1709 to 1731 at the Tesoro di San Gennaro.

He died in Naples in 1745.

[edit] Operas

  • Lo Masiello
  • L'Astratto (1709)
  • Il Radamista (1707)
  • La Dafne
  • Cassandra Indovina (1711)
  • "Magnificat" ten vocals + instruments
  • "Stabat Mater" 4 vocals + a quartet
  • Il Faraone Sommerso

[edit] Other works

  • Le fenzejune abbendurate, Commedia per musica, 1710
  • La Cianna, Commedia per musica, 1711
  • Lo Masillo Dramma per musica (2. Akt von Michele De Falco), 1712
  • La Dafne, Favola pastorale in stile arcadio, 1714
In other languages