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Domenico Cimarosa

Personb. 1749 · Aversa, Italy, Italy

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Domenico Cimarosa was an Italian composer of the Classical era, born in Aversa near Naples in 1749. He studied at the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto and became one of the leading opera composers of his time, producing over sixty stage works. His most famous opera, Il matrimonio segreto, premiered in Vienna in 1792 and remains a staple of the repertoire. Cimarosa also composed sacred music, oratorios, cantatas, and a substantial body of keyboard sonatas that are still performed today. He held posts at the courts of Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg and later in Vienna, and he died in Venice in 1801.