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Showing posts with label Opera buffa. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Opera buffa. Show all posts

14 June 2023

Antonio Sacchini - composer

Masterpiece widely acknowledged only after tragic death Antonio Sacchini, the son of a cook from Florence, who learned music in Naples The c...

5 August 2022

Leonardo Leo - composer

Baroque musician known for his sense of humour Leonardo Leo wrote or contributed to more than 70 operas, mainly comic A prolific composer of...

3 January 2022

Baldassare Galuppi – opera composer

Musician from Burano had a talent for comic opera Galuppi became a major figure in the evolution of comic opera The prolific Venetian compos...

7 April 2017

Domenico Dragonetti - musician

Venetian was best double bass player in Europe Domenico Dragonetti: a lithograph from the New York City Public Library collection Th...

4 January 2017

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi – composer

Brief career of 'opera buffa' genius A portrait of Pergolesi presented to the Naples Conservatory by his brother, Florimo Op...

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