Within the chain linking masters and pupils of the so-called “Bolognese school”, Padre Stanislao Mattei (1750–1825) occupies a central position. On the one hand, he was the favourite pupil of Giambattista Martini; on the other, he served as a teacher—at various stages—to Rossini, Donizetti, and Morlacchi.
His long life unfolded along the three principal lines of activity typical of the time: teaching, institutional appointments, and composition. His catalogue includes music for liturgical and devotional use (masses, oratorios, motets, responsories), a theatrical work, and twenty-seven symphonies.
On the occasion of the bicentenary of his death, Officina San Francesco Bologna promotes a study day as well as the first complete revival of the second version of the Oratorio della Passione—in which the young Rossini also sang in 1806—composed in 1792 to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio.
PROGRAMME
Stanislao Mattei
La passione di Gesù Cristo Signor nostro
Oratorio for soloists, choir, and orchestra
Project and critical edition of the score by Elisabetta Pasquini
First complete performance of the second version of the oratorio
With the support of
Provincia Italiana di S. Antonio di Padova dei Frati Minori Conventuali | Dipartimento delle Arti, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, La Soffitta and DAMSLab | Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna
In collaboration with
Bologna Festival | Tactus | International Museum and Library of Music of Bologna
