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
[edit]He was born the son of opera singer Almerinda Manzocchi on 25 December 1845. Growing up, he demonstrated an aptitude for music.[4]
Works
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Operas
[edit]- Dolores (1875)
- Il Negriero (1878)
- Stella (1880)
- Il Conte di Gleichen (1887)
- Graziella (1894)
- Severo Torelli (1903)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
