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CIMAROSA, Domenico

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

  • Cimarosa was a leading figure in late 18th-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

Short biography

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.