Lauro Rossi (born in Macerata, 19 February 1810;[1] died in Cremona, 5 May 1885), was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. There is no known connection with Luigi Rossi (1597–1653).
Rossi studied in Naples and produced his first opera there. His greatest success was with the comic opera originally entitled La casa disabitata, which was performed for many years in its revised form under the title I falsi monetari.
However, Rossi suffered a fiasco in 1835, after which he left Naples for Mexico, then Cuba. There he set up his own opera company, and married its prima donna, Isabella Obermayer. He returned to Italy in 1843 and continued composing, but, thereafter, he was mainly known as an academic figure as director of the Conservatory, first at Milan (1850–1870) and then at Naples (1870–1878). He was commissioned by Giuseppe Verdi to compose a portion of the Messa per Rossini; specifically, Number V. Agnus Dei, for solo Alto.
Two of his late operas were also highly successful: La Contessa di Mons and Cleopatra.
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Le contesse villane (1829, revised as La villana contessa and also as Le principesse villane, 1830)
Costanza e Oringaldo (1830, in collaboration with P. Raimondi)
La sposa al lotto (1831)
La casa in vendita, ovvero II casino di campagna (1831)
La scommessa di matrimonio (1831)
Baldovino, tiranno di Spoleto (1832)
II maestro di scuola (1832)
II disertore svizzero, ovvero La nostalgia (1832)
Le fucine di Bergen (1833)
La casa disabitata, ovvero Don Eustachio di campagna (1834, revised as I falsi monetari, 1844 and possibly also as Don Eutichio e Sinforosa)
Amelia, ovvero Otto anni di costanza (1834)
Leocadia (1835)
Giovanna Shore (1836)
II borgomastro di Schiedam (1844)
Dottor Bobolo, ovvero La fiera (1845)
Cellini a Parigi (1845)
Azema di Granata, ovvero Gli Abencerragi ed i Zegrini (1846) (libretto by Jacopo Ferretti)
La figlia di Figaro (1846)
Blanca Contarini (1847)
Il domino nero (1849) revived in Italy, and available on CD
lauro, rossi, born, macerata, february, 1810, died, cremona, 1885, italian, composer, particularly, operas, there, known, connection, with, luigi, rossi, 1597, 1653, contents, life, career, operas, bibliography, references, external, linkslife, career, editros. Lauro Rossi born in Macerata 19 February 1810 1 died in Cremona 5 May 1885 was an Italian composer particularly of operas There is no known connection with Luigi Rossi 1597 1653 Lauro Rossi Contents 1 Life and career 2 Operas 3 Bibliography 4 References 5 External linksLife and career editRossi studied in Naples and produced his first opera there His greatest success was with the comic opera originally entitled La casa disabitata which was performed for many years in its revised form under the title I falsi monetari However Rossi suffered a fiasco in 1835 after which he left Naples for Mexico then Cuba There he set up his own opera company and married its prima donna Isabella Obermayer He returned to Italy in 1843 and continued composing but thereafter he was mainly known as an academic figure as director of the Conservatory first at Milan 1850 1870 and then at Naples 1870 1878 He was commissioned by Giuseppe Verdi to compose a portion of the Messa per Rossini specifically Number V Agnus Dei for solo Alto Two of his late operas were also highly successful La Contessa di Mons and Cleopatra Operas editLe contesse villane 1829 revised as La villana contessa and also as Le principesse villane 1830 Costanza e Oringaldo 1830 in collaboration with P Raimondi La sposa al lotto 1831 La casa in vendita ovvero II casino di campagna 1831 La scommessa di matrimonio 1831 Baldovino tiranno di Spoleto 1832 II maestro di scuola 1832 II disertore svizzero ovvero La nostalgia 1832 Le fucine di Bergen 1833 La casa disabitata ovvero Don Eustachio di campagna 1834 revised as I falsi monetari 1844 and possibly also as Don Eutichio e Sinforosa Amelia ovvero Otto anni di costanza 1834 Leocadia 1835 Giovanna Shore 1836 II borgomastro di Schiedam 1844 Dottor Bobolo ovvero La fiera 1845 Cellini a Parigi 1845 Azema di Granata ovvero Gli Abencerragi ed i Zegrini 1846 libretto by Jacopo Ferretti La figlia di Figaro 1846 Blanca Contarini 1847 Il domino nero 1849 revived in Italy and available on CD Le Sabine 1852 L alchimista 1853 La sirena 1855 Lo zigaro rivale 1867 Il maestro e la cantante 1867 Gli artisti alla fiera 1868 La contessa di Mons 1874 Cleopatra 1876 revived in 2008 Biorn 1877 Bibliography editHolden Amanda with Nicholas Kenyon and Stephen Walsh The Viking Opera Guide New York Viking 1993 ISBN 0 670 81292 7References edit Some sources say 1812 External links editWorks by or about Lauro Rossi at Internet Archive Free scores by Lauro Rossi at the International Music Score Library Project IMSLP nbsp This article about an Italian composer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lauro Rossi amp oldid 1218348607, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
