Salvatore Auteri-Manzocchi

Salvatore Auteri-Manzocchi (1845 in Palermo – 1924 in Parma) was an Italian opera composer.^[1] He was born in Palermo, Italy on 25 December 1845 and died in Parma, Italy on 21 February 1924. He was a student of Pietro Platania at Palermo and Mabellini at Florence. Once of his most successful works was the opera Graziella.^[2]

His body is interred in a neoclassical tomb in the Catacombe dei Cappuccini in Palermo.^[3]

Early life

He was born the son of opera singer Almerinda Manzocchi on 25 December 1845. Growing up, he demonstrated an aptitude for music.^[4]

Works

Jano, costume design for Il negriero act 1, 2 (1879).

Operas

Dolores (1875)
Il Negriero (1878)
Stella (1880)
Il Conte di Gleichen (1887)
Graziella (1894)
Severo Torelli (1903)

References

^ Ambìveri, Corrado (1998). Operisti minori: dell'ottocento Italiano (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 13. ISBN 978-88-7742-263-7.
^ Hughes, Rupert (1939). Music Lovers' Encyclopedia. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. p. 37.
^ Graham, Lloyd (2023-01-01). "A (Partial) Catalogue of Named Bodies on Display in the Palermo Catacombs". Direct release to Academia.edu.
^ "Auteri-Manzocchi, Salvatore in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-10-12.

[1] Ambìveri, Corrado (1998). Operisti minori: dell'ottocento Italiano (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 13. ISBN 978-88-7742-263-7.

[2] Hughes, Rupert (1939). Music Lovers' Encyclopedia. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. p. 37.

[3] Graham, Lloyd (2023-01-01). "A (Partial) Catalogue of Named Bodies on Display in the Palermo Catacombs". Direct release to Academia.edu.

[4] "Auteri-Manzocchi, Salvatore in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-10-12.

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