Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/B/Bianchi, Antonio

by John Weeks Moore

Bianchi, Antonio, a singer and composer, was born at Milan in 1758, and sang at various courts of Europe until the year 1793, when he went to Berlin, and composed several Italian intermezzi. He quitted Berlin in the year 1797, and subsequently visited various of the great towns in Germany. His compositions are all vocal, and for the most part dramatic. Among his operas are "La Reduction de Paris," performed at Paris ; "Le Mort Marie," also at Paris ; "Castore e Polluce," at Florence ; "Caio Mario;" "Demofoonte;" "Arbace;" "Piramo e Tisbe;" "Scipione African;" "Artaserse;" "Pizarro;" and "Il Ritratto;" all for Naples.