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Giuseppe Aprile (28 October 1731 – 11 January 1813) was an Italian castrato singer and music teacher. He was also known as 'Sciroletto' or 'Scirolino'. Aprile was born in Martina Franca. After studying with Gregorio Sciroli, composer and singing instructor, in Naples, he began his singing career in 1752 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. He then began a great career, performing in prominent theatres throughout Italy, Germany, and even Madrid. His voice could reach E5. He withdrew from the stage in 1785 and became a singing instructor in Naples. Domenico Cimarosa, Michael Kelly and Emma, Lady Hamilton were among his pupils. He wrote a popular book on singing instruction, ''The Italian Method of Singing, with 36 Solfeggi'' (1791). ==Operatic roles== *Euribate in ''Ifigenia in Aulide'' by Niccolò Jommelli and Tommaso Traetta (Naples, 1752) *Edelberto in ''Ricimero re de' Goti'' by Baldassare Galuppi (Naples, 1753) *Publio Cornelio Scipione in ''Livia Claudia Vestale'' by Niccolò Conforto (Rome, 1755) *Pompeo in ''Pompeo magno in Armenia'' by Francesco Saverio Garzia (Rome, 1755) *Cesare in ''Catone in Utica'' by Francesco Poncini (Parma, 1756) *Giasone in ''Issipile'' by Baldassare Galuppi (Parma, 1756) *Demetrio in the anonymous ''Antigono'' (Lucca, 1756) *Timante in ''Demofoonte'' by Antonio Gaetano Pampani (Rome, 1757) *Ezio in ''Ezio'' by Tommaso Traetta (Rome, 1757) *Aminta in ''Il re pastore'' by Antonio Mazzoni (Bologna, 1757) *Linceo in the anonymous ''Ipermestra'' (Venice, 1757) *Enea in ''Didone abbandonata'' by Tommaso Traetta (Venice, 1757) *Ciro in ''Ciro riconosciuto'' by Niccolò Jommelli (Mantua, 1758) *Timante in ''Demofoonte'' by Tommaso Traetta (Mantua, 1758) *Sesto in ''La clemenza di Tito'' by Giuseppe Scarlatti (Venice, 1760) *Cosrovio in ''Gianguir'' by Vincenzo Ciampi (Venice, 1760) *Castore in ''I tindaridi'' by Tommaso Traetta (Parma, 1760) *Alceste in ''Demetrio'' by Baldassare Galuppi (Padua, 1761) *Tiridate in ''Zenobia'' by Giovanni Battista Pescetti (Padua, 1761) *Megacle in ''L'Olimpiade'' of Niccolò Jommelli (Stuttgart, 1761) *Alceste in ''Demetrio'' by Giuseppe Ponzo (Turin, 1762) *Achille in ''Ifigenia in Aulide'' by Ferdinando Bertoni (Turin, 1762) *Enea in ''Didone abbadonata'' by Niccolò Jommelli (Stuttgart, 1763) *Timante in ''Demofoonte'' by Niccolò Jommelli (Stuttgart, 1764) *Motezuma in ''Motezuma'' by Gian Francesco de Majo (Turin, 1765) *Megacle in ''L'Olimpiade'' by Johann Adolf Hasse (Turin, 1765) *Aminta in ''Il re pastore'' by Niccolò Piccinni (Naples, 1765) *Euriso in ''Creso'' by Antonio Sacchini (Naples, 1765) *Teseo in the pasticcio ''Arianna e Teseo'' (Palermo, 1766) *Gandarte in ''Nicoraste'' by Antonio Sacchini (Venice, 1769) *Giulio Cesare in ''Cesare in Egitto'' by Niccolò Piccinni (Milan, 1770) *Enea in ''Didone abbandonata'' by Ignazio Celoniat (Milan, 1770) *Rinaldo in ''Armida abbandonata'' by Niccolò Jommelli (Naples, 1770; Florence, 1775) *Demetrio in ''Antigono'' by Pasquale Cafaro (Naples, 1770) *Timante in ''Demofoonte'' by Niccolò Jommelli (Naples, 1770) *Eumene in ''Eumene'' by Gian Francesco de Majo (Naples, 1771) *Perseo in ''Andromeda'' by Giuseppe Colla (Turin, 1772) *Maometto in ''Tamas Kouli-Kan nell'Indie'' by Gaetano Pugnani (Turin, 1772) *Sesto in ''La clemenza di Tito'' by Pasquale Anfossi (Naples, 1772) *Achille in ''Achille in Sciro'' by Antonio Amicone (Naples, 1772) *Titano in ''Cerere placata'' by Niccolò Jommelli (Naples, 1772) *Linceo in ''Ipermestra'' by Niccolò Piccinni (Naples, 1772) *Teseo in ''Arianna e Teseo'' by Giacomo Insanguine (Naples, 1773) *Alceste in the pasticcio ''Demetrio'' (Florence, 1774) *Maometto in ''Tamas Kouli-Kan nell'Indie'' by Pietro Guglielmi (Florence, 1774) *Vologeso in ''Vologeso re de' Parti'' by Giovanni Marco Rutini (Florence, 1775) *Marco Antonio in ''Cleopatra'' by Carlo Monza (Turin, 1776) *Sicotenal in ''Sicotenal'' by Giovanni Marco Rutini (Turin, 1776) *Telemaco in ''Calipso'' by Bernardino Ottani (Turin, 1777) *Gengis-Kan in ''Gengis-Kan'' by Pasquale Anfossi (Turin, 1777) *Euriso in ''Creso re di Lidia'' by Giovanni Battista Borghi (Florence, 1777) *Enea in ''Enea nel Lazio'' by Antonio Burroni (Rome, 1778) *Megacle in ''L'Olimpiade'' by Pasquale Anfossi (Rome, Perugia, and Treviso, 1778) *Arsace in ''Medonte, re di Epiro'' by Giuseppe Sarti (Perugia, 1778; Florence, 1779) *Cleomene in ''Erifile'' by Francesco Bianchi (Florence, 1779) *Selimo in the pasticcio ''Il Solimano'' (Florence, 1779) *Tarsile in ''La Calliroe'' by Josef Mysliveček (Pisa, 1779) *Annio in the pasticcio ''Cajo Mario'' (Pisa, 1779) *Annio in ''Cajo Mario'' by Domenico Cimarosa (Rome, 1780) *Tito in ''Tito nelle Gallie'' by Pasquale Anfossi (Rome, 1780) Source: Claudio Sartori. ''I libretti italiani a stampa dalle origini al 1800''. Cuneo, 1992-1994. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Giuseppe Aprile」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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