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Italian opera composer
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Naples, Metropolitan city of Naples, Campania, Italy
Star sign
ScorpioPlace of death
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Age
84 years
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Biography
Michele Enrico Carafa di Colobrano (17 November 1787 – 26 July 1872) was an Italian opera composer. He was born in Naples and studied in Paris with Luigi Cherubini. He was Professor of counterpoint at the Paris Conservatoire from 1840 to 1858. One of his notable pupils was Achille Peri.
Selected operas
Stanford University's list of Carafa's operas shows that he wrote 29, which were performed between 1816 and 1847.
- Gabriella di Vergy (1816)
- Berenice in Siria (1818)
- Elisabetta in Derbyshire ossia Il castello di Fotheringhay (Elizabeth [1st] in Derbyshire, or Fotheringay Castle), (December 1818). Based on Friedrich Schiller's play (1802)
- I due Figaro (1820)
- Jeanne d'Arc à Orléans (1821)
- Le solitaire (1822)
- Le valet de chambre (1823)
- Il sonnambulo (1824)
- La belle au bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty) (1825)
- Masaniello (1828)
- Le nozze di Lammermoor (1829)
- La prison d'Édimbourg (1833)
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Notable Italian Educators
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1750 to 1799
Notable Italian Musicians
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1750 to 1799
Notable Italian Composers
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1750 to 1799
Notable Italian Conductors
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1750 to 1799
Notable Italian Music educators
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1750 to 1799
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