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Italian opera composer

Salvatore Auteri-Manzocchi (1845 in Palermo – 1924 in Parma) was an Italian opera composer. 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.

His body is interred in a neoclassical tomb in the Catacombe dei Cappuccini in Palermo.

Early life

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

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

  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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