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Domenico Cimarosa (Italian: [doˈmeːniko tʃimaˈrɔːza] ⓘ; 17 December 1749 – 11 January 1801) [1] was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School and of the Classical period. He wrote more than eighty operas, the best known of which is Il matrimonio segreto (1792); most of his operas are comedies.
Domenico Cimarosa (born Dec. 17, 1749, Aversa, Kingdom of Naples—died Jan. 11, 1801, Venice) was one of the principal Italian composers of comic operas. He was born of a poor family, and his parents, anxious to give him a good education, moved to Naples, where they sent him to a free school.
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Oct 2, 2023 · Il matrimonio segreto, a dramma giocoso in two acts, is Domenico Cimarosa’s best-known opera. The first performance took place on 7 February 1792 at the Hofburgtheater in Vienna in the presence of Emperor Leopold II, who liked it so much that, after giving dinner to the whole company, he asked for a complete second performance - perhaps the ...
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In Domenico Cimarosa’s one-act opera L’impresario in angustie (first performed in Naples, 1786), the pressures being applied upon the central character—a man trying to run an opera company—come primarily from an inept would-be librettist, a composer whose previous opera failed, and three female singers: Doralba (singer of serious roles ...
The Neapolitan Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) was certainly a prolific composer of operas, having more than 80 titles to his name. Though many have only recently enjoyed a revival, they were widely admired in his day.
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May 14, 2018 · Domenico Cimarosa. The works of the Italian opera composer Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) typify the style of Italian opera buffa, or comic opera, in the late 18th century. Domenico Cimarosa was born in Averso near Naples, the son of a very poor family.
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Domenico Cimarosa. Some composers have the misfortune of works that become better known to the public by titles rather than from those who created them. The opera The Secret Marriage is often known as a title to those who have little knowledge of Domenico Cimarosa the composer. He was born (on 17 December 1749) and studied in Naples.
