Lauro Rossi
Lauro Rossi (born February 19, 1812 in Macerata , † May 5, 1885 in Cremona ) was an Italian composer.
Rossi studied in Naples with Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli , Girolamo Crescentini and Giovanni Furno . His first operas were performed here at the Teatro La Fenice . In 1832 he became conductor of the Teatro Valle in Rome . From 1835 to 1843 he was a guest with an opera company in Mexico City , Havana and New Orleans . From 1850 he was director of the Conservatory in Milan , from 1871 of the Conservatory in Naples . Lauro Rossi was one of the thirteen composers Giuseppe Verdi called together for the Requiem Messa per Rossini . Rossi composed the Agnus Dei for it .
He composed 29 operas, the Saul oratorio , elegies, cantatas , a mass , chamber music , and songs . The opera house in his native Macerata is named after him.
Operas
- Le contesse villane (1829)
- Costanza e Oringaldo (1830, together with P. Raimondi)
- La sposa al lotto (1831)
- La casa in vendita, ovvero Il casino di campagna (1831)
- La scommessa di matrimonio (1831)
- Baldovino, Tiranno di Spoleto (1832)
- Il maestro di scuola (1832)
- Il disertore svizzero, ovvero La nostalgia (1832)
- Le fucine di Bergen (1833)
- La casa disabitata, ovvero Don Eustachio di campagna (1834)
- Amelia, ovvero Otto anni di costanza (1834)
- Leocadia (1835)
- Giovanna Shore (1836)
- Il 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; revival in Italy and available on CD)
- Le Sabine (1852)
- L'alchimista (1853)
- La sirena (1855)
- Lo zingaro rival (1867)
- Il maestro e la cantante (1867)
- Gli artisti alla fiera (1868)
- La contessa di Mons (1874)
- Cleopatra (1876; reprint 2008)
- Biorn (1877)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Rossi, Lauro . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 27th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1874, p. 82 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Lauro Rossi in the International Music Score Library Project
- List of stage works by Lauro Rossi based on the MGG at Operone
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rossi, Lauro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Macerata |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 1885 |
| Place of death | Cremona |