Giovanni Porta

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Giovanni Porta (c. 1675 – 21 June 1755) was an Italian opera composer.

Porta is believed to have been born in Venice. One of the masters of early 18th-century opera and one of the leading Venetian musicians, Porta made his way from Rome, to Vicenza, to Verona, then London where his opera Numitore was performed in 1720 by the Royal Academy of Music (1719), and eventually back to Venice and Verona, and finally Munich, where he spent the last 18 years of his life.

Selected recordings

Aria Madre diletta (from Ifigenia in Aulide) on Drama Queens Joyce DiDonato Alan Curtis (conductor) Virgin Classics 2012
Aria Mormorando quelle fronde (from La costanza combattuta in amore) on Venezia recital Max Cencic Virgin Classics 2013

References

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 19945419 LCCN: n86099399 ISNI: 0000 0001 1862 0775 GND: 119469707 BNF: cb14794373s

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Name	Porta, Giovanni
Alternative names
Short description	Italian composer
Date of birth	c. 1675
Place of birth
Date of death	1755
Place of death

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