CIMAROSA, Domenico

Born in Aversa, Dec 17, 1749
Died in Venice, Jan 11, 1801

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• Domenico Cimarosa was a leading figure in late 18^th-century comic opera.
• Cimarosa’s early operas were produced in Rome and Milan, and later his work was produced at St. Petersburg, where he worked for a time at the court of Catherine the Great.
• Later in his career Cimarosa worked in Vienna, then in Venice.¹

Sources

1. Jennifer E. Johnson and Gordana Lazarevich, “Cimarosa, Domenico,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed August 21, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000005785.

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