Vincenzo Pucitta Explained

Vincenzo Pucitta
Birth Date:17 February 1778
Birth Place:Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy
Death Date:20 December 1861
Death Place:Milan, Italy
Nationality:Italian

Vincenzo Pucitta (or Puccitta; 17 February 1778 – 20 December 1861) was a nineteenth-century Italian composer. Born in Civitavecchia, he wrote more than 20 operas during his career. One of his works, La Vestale, after its premiere in London (1810), was also sung in Lisbon (1816), Milan (1816)[1] and Rio de Janeiro (1817).[2] He died in Milan.

Operas

Notes and References

  1. http://www.operone.de/komponist/pucitta.html Operone.de page
  2. Andrade, Ayres de. Francisco Manuel da Silva e seu tempo Vol. 1. Rio de Janeiro: Tempo Brasileiro, 1967; p. 113.