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), he primarily composed operettas and parlor songs, and comic operas. He is also known for having completed

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's opera '' I Mori di Valenza'' which had been left unfinished when the composer died in 1886 and was premiered posthumously in 1914. In his later years he was the organist at the Chiesa di San Vittore in Olona (near

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). Cadore died in Gaggiano at the age of 51.Strinati, C. M. (1973)
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Stage works

*''I vespri siciliani'', (libretto by Giuseppe Menin), operetta, premiered Caffè Aurora, Milan, 25 August 1896 *''Il Natale'' (libretto by Romeo Carugati), opera in one act (later two), premiered

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, Milan, 7 September 1902 *''Neroncino'' (librettist unknown), dance opera in three acts, premiered Teatro Lirico, Milan, 1906 *''La rondinella'' (libretto by Angelo Nessi), premiered Teatro Carcano, Milan, 21 February 1920

References

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