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Порпора. I-Jupiter ephezulu

Umqambi wase-Italy kanye nothisha wezwi. Ummeleli ovelele wesikole se-opera sase-Neapolitan.

Wathola imfundo yakhe yomculo e-Neapolitan Conservatory Dei Poveri di Gesu Cristo, angena kuyo ngo-1696. Kakade ngo-1708 wenza umdlalo wakhe wokuqala ophumelelayo njengomqambi we-opera (Agrippina), okwathi ngemva kwalokho waba umphathi weqembu leNkosana yaseHesse-Darmstadt. , wabe esethola isiqu esifanayo kusithunywa esingumPutukezi eRoma. Engxenyeni yesithathu yokuqala yekhulu le-1726, ama-opera amaningi ka-Porpora ayenziwa hhayi eNaples kuphela, kodwa nakwamanye amadolobha ase-Italy, kanye naseVienna. Kusukela ngo-1733, wafundisa e-Incurabili Conservatory eVenice, kwathi ngo-1736, esethole isimemo esivela eNgilandi, waya eLondon, lapho kwaze kwaba ngu-1747 wayengumqambi oyinhloko welokho okubizwa ngokuthi "Opera of the Nobility" ("Opera). of the Nobility”), eyayiqhudelana neqembu le-Handel. . Lapho ebuyela e-Italy, u-Porpora wasebenza ezindaweni zokugcinwa kwemvelo eVenice naseNaples. Isikhathi esisuka ku-1751 kuya ku-1753 asichitha enkantolo yaseSaxon eDresden njengothisha wezwi, futhi kamuva njengomphathi weqembu. Kungakapheli u-1760, wathuthela eVienna, lapho aba khona uthisha womculo enkantolo yombuso (kwakungalesi sikhathi lapho u-J. Haydn engumphelezeli nomfundi wakhe). Ngo-XNUMX wabuyela eNaples. Wachitha iminyaka yokugcina yokuphila kwakhe ebumpofu.

Uhlobo olubaluleke kakhulu lomsebenzi we-Porpora yi-opera. Sekukonke, wadala imisebenzi engaba ngu-50 kulolu hlobo, ebhalwe ikakhulukazi ezihlokweni zasendulo (ezidume kakhulu "I-Semiramis Eyaziwayo", "i-Ariadne ku-Naxos", "i-Themistocles"). Njengomthetho, ama-opera e-Porpora adinga amakhono aphelele wezwi avela kubadlali, ngoba ahlukaniswa nezingxenye eziyinkimbinkimbi, ngokuvamile ezizwakalayo ze-virtuoso. Isitayela sokudlala siphinde sitholakale kweminye imisebenzi eminingi yomqambi - i-cantatas eyedwa, i-oratorios, izingcezu ze-pedagogical repertoire ("solfeggio"), kanye nezingoma zesonto. Ngaphandle kokugqama okusobala komculo wephimbo, ifa lika-Porpora lihlanganisa nezinsimbi zangempela (amakhonsathi e-cello nomtshingo, i-Royal Overture ye-orchestra, ama-sonata angama-25 ezingoma ezihlukahlukene kanye namafugue angu-2 e-harpsichord).

Phakathi kwabafundi abaningi bomqambi kukhona umculi odumile uFarinelli, kanye nomqambi we-opera ovelele uTraetta.