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married. All ends happily as the Count agrees to marry Elisetta, and Geronimo, pleased that everything has turned out well, forgives Carolina and Paolino. Personalities | Domenico Cimarosa | Classical Era | Opera ...

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(Do-ma’-ne-ko Che-ma-rô’-za) 1749–1801 Italian composer Trained in Naples, Cimarosa quickly launched himself on an operatic career with successes in Naples, Rome and Venice. In 1787 he was invited to St Petersburg. On the way home he paused at Vienna, where his Il matrimonio segreto (‘The Secret Marriage’) had a huge success in 1792 – uniquely, the entire opera ...

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1749–1801, Italian The prolific Italian composer Domenico Cimarosa, who was born near Naples, first attracted attention with his opera Le stravaganze del conte (‘The Eccentricity of the Count’, 1772). By 1787, Cimarosa had produced one success after another, with 15 operas written for opera houses in Rome and Naples. In 1787, however, Cimarosa accepted ...

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of the ‘chain finale’ where successive sections in different rhythm, tempo and texture respond to the dramatic situation and convey the flux of emotions which are portrayed. Galuppi preceded Cimarosa as maestro di cappella at St Petersburg, where his Ifigenia in Tauride (‘Iphigenia in Tauris’, 1768) was performed. Galuppi wrote his last opera, La serva per amore (‘The ...

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, and manners.’ Recommended Recording: Haydn and his English Friends, Psalmody, Parley of Instruments (dir) Peter Holman (Hyperion) Introduction | Classical Era | Classical Personalities | Domenico Cimarosa | Classical Era | Classical ...

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Compositions such as L’idolo cinese (‘The Chinese Idol’, 1767) were performed to enthusiastic audiences all over Italy. Paisiello’s talents rivalled those of other prominent composers, such as Cimarosa. Like Cimarosa and others, he caught the interest of Empress Catherine of Russia, who invited Paisiello to St Petersburg in 1776. Paisiello established the Italian opera tradition at Catherine’s court ...

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among the very gifted singers in Vienna in the late eighteenth century, Cavalieri retired from the opera stage in 1793. Introduction | Classical Era | Opera Personalities | Domenico Cimarosa | Classical Era | Opera ...

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the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, music at the Imperial court had been directed by leading Italian opera composers such as Baldassare Galuppi (1706–85), Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816) and Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801). Significantly, Glinka’s musical training was European: after studies in Moscow with John Field (1782–1837), he toured Europe and absorbed the Italian operatic styles of Bellini and Donizetti, ...