Talk:Alessandro Stradella

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88.1.173.16 (talk) 19:48, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Date of birth doesn't match Find-A-Grave. Lincher 03:17, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing that out. The most recent research, by Carolyn Gianturco (four publications in the 1990s) has April 3, 1639 as his birthdate; it was previously believed to be October 1, 1644. I wrote the first draft of this article from the 1980 Grove which had the old; the new online Grove has the April 3, 1639 date. Antandrus (talk) 03:25, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I still see disparity with birth date. The birth category says 1644. Oct 1 1644 is cited on: [1] and sometime in 1639 mentioned at: [2]. I will set to 1639 for now to remove from the incompatible dates list but it needs further verification. SimonC (talk) 15:13, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for fixing the category. The correct date, according to current research, is 3 April 1639 (see Carolyn Gianturco's biography of the composer in the current New Grove). Thanks, Antandrus (talk) 15:36, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Born in Nepi, near Viterbo, on 3 April 1639 abnd lived in Bologna probably since 1643 and in Rome permanently from 1653 on. According to Massimiliano del Vita in booklet of "San Giovanni Batista" Oratorio, disc (Stradivarius, STR STR 33626, Milano, Italy). 88.1.173.16 (talk) 19:48, 25 January 2010 (UTC) Joan Garcia-Alsina[reply]

If the correct birthdate is April 3, 1639, why does the article still say that he was born July 3, 1643? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.206.187.183 (talk) 05:50, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Three operas?[edit]

The article asserts that three operas were based on Stradella's life. Anyone know who wrote the other two and what they were called (if in fact they exist)? --GuillaumeTell 15:43, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The two most famous would be the ones by Flotow and Louis Niedermeyer (Alessandro Stradella 1844 and Stradella 1837/1841, respectively). Other composers who wrote operas based on his life include Franz Doppler, Adolph Schimon, Giuseppe Sinico, and Virgilio Marchi, but I haven't learned anything about the operas (could do some more digging ...). Antandrus (talk) 15:56, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I'd forgotten about Niedermeyer and have just discovered Schimon in Operissimo, but didn't think of looking any further. It looks as if the text could benefit from a suitable amendment - "at least six"? Name them all? This is of only peripheral interest to me, however (I've been augmenting Alessandro Stradella (opera), which is how I arrived here). --GuillaumeTell 17:34, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oratory of Santissimo Crocifisso[edit]

What is the link with Stradella? He is not mentioned at Oratory of Santissimo Crocifisso. The de.wiki article mentions him as being "specially engaged" there for the Holy Week oratorios, but the source supporting this claim is unclear. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:40, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"His" infidelities?[edit]

"His infidelities were well-known..."

Nothing is said about Stradella having been married or bethrothed. Many of the women he had affairs with, however, were. Weren't they the ones being unfaithful to their husbands and betrothed? In which case the "infidelities" were not Stradella's, but those of his mistresses? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.206.187.183 (talk) 05:45, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]