José Ángel Montero

José Ángel Montero (born Caracas October 2, 1832 - died Caracas August 24, 1881) was a Venezuelan opera composer, a contemporary of the Brazilian Carlos Gomes.As maestro di capilla at the cathedral of Caracas he wrote religious music; he also composed a number of zarzuelas and, in 1873, the opera Virginia, to an Italian-language libretto.

• Doña Inés or la Política en el Hogar, 1862.
• La modista (zarzuela in two acts, 1864).
• Fabio o Estela or el casamiento por Dote, 1865.
• La curiosidad de las Mujeres or El Huésped enamorado, 1865.
• Los Alemanes en Italia, 1866.
• Colegialas con colegialas (zarzuela in two acts), 1868.
• La Castañera, 1868.
• El Charlatán Mudo, 1873.
• Diamira, 1873.
• Virginia, 1873.
• Tragedia Lírica, 1873.
• Atrás or el Centinela.
• Un baile en Caracas or el Cumpleaños de Leonor (zarzuela in one act), 1865.
• La ardilla (zarzuela in one act).
• La inocente Serranilla (zarzuela in one act).
• La gallina Ciega(Overture zarzuela)