1749–1801

Introduction

Born: De­cem­ber 17, 1749, Av­er­sa, King­dom of Na­ples (now Ca­ser­ta Pro­vince, It­aly).

Died: Jan­ua­ry 11, 1801, Ven­ice, It­aly.

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Biography

Cimarosa was an op­era com­pos­er of the Nea­po­li­tan school. He wrote more than eigh­ty op­eras, in­clud­ing his 1792 mas­ter­piece, Il Ma­tri­mo­nio Se­gre­to (The Se­cret Mar­riage). He al­so wrote nu­mer­ous in­stru­ment­al works.

Sources

Music

  1. Baveno

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