Artist Info: Teofilo Orgiani

Teofilo Orgiani (Vicenza , about 1650 - Vicenza , December 1725) was an Italian composer.

After having trained musically in his hometown and having received priestly vows, in the eighties of the seventeenth century he was in the service of Torrismondo della Torre, Count of Duino , to whom he dedicated his third opera work, Il Dioclete , represented at the Sant'Angelo Theater in Venice on January 18, 1687. On August 24 of the following year he became a job description at the cathedral of Aquileia , a position he held until April 4, 1692. [read more...]