Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Domenico Cimarosa across 2 places, from 1761 to 1793.
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Domenico Cimarosa (17 December 1749 – 11 January 1801) was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School and of the Classical period.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1761year
Naplesattested“The organist of the monastery, Padre Polcano, took a particular interest in his education and Cimarosa progressed so well in his musical studies that he was admitted to Naples's leading college of music, the Conservatorio di S Maria di L…”source: Wikipedia: Domenico Cimarosa
June 1793month
Naplesattested“Cimarosa's La ballerina amante, a commedia per musica first performed in Naples was chosen as the inaugural work at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon, in June 1793.”source: Wikipedia: Domenico Cimarosa
June 1793month
Teatro Nacional de São Carlosattested“Cimarosa's La ballerina amante, a commedia per musica first performed in Naples was chosen as the inaugural work at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon, in June 1793.”source: Wikipedia: Domenico Cimarosa
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1772year
Naplesmentioned“As a student, Cimarosa wrote sacred motets and masses, but he first came to public notice with the premiere in 1772 of his first commedia per musica, Le stravaganze del conte, performed at the Teatro dei Fiorentini in Naples.”source: Wikipedia: Domenico Cimarosa
1774year
Romementioned“In 1774, he was invited to Rome to write an opera for the stagione of that year; and there he produced another comic opera called L'italiana in Londra.”source: Wikipedia: Domenico Cimarosa
1783 to 1790period
Schloss Esterházymentioned“Between 1783 and 1790 Haydn conducted performances of thirteen Cimarosa operas for his employers at Schloss Esterházy and many of the pieces were given several times.”source: Wikipedia: Domenico Cimarosa
1787year
Saint Petersburgmentioned“In 1787, Cimarosa went to Saint Petersburg at the invitation of Empress Catherine II.”source: Wikipedia: Domenico Cimarosa
June 1791month
Saint Petersburgmentioned“Cimarosa was less successful in Saint Petersburg than some of his compatriots; the works of his subordinate, Martin y Soler, gained more favour with the empress, and this, combined with economies that meant losing most of the Italian sin…”source: Wikipedia: Domenico Cimarosa
7 February 1792exact date
Burgtheatermentioned“The opera, performed at the Burgtheater on 7 February 1792, was so successful that Leopold had it played again the same evening in his private chambers – "the longest encore in operatic history" as one critic put it.”source: Wikipedia: Domenico Cimarosa
1794 to 1796period
Venicementioned“The most important new works from this last phase of his career were Le astuzie femminili (1794) and two serious operas, Penelope (1794) and Gli Orazi e i Curiazi (1796); the first two of these were composed for Naples, and the last for…”source: Wikipedia: Domenico Cimarosa
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