Luigi Mosca (1775 – 30 November 1824) was Italian composer of

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and a noted singing teacher. He composed eighteen operas, most of which were originally for theatres in

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, but played throughout Italy in their day.

Biography

Mosca was born in Naples and studied at the Pietà dei Turchini Conservatory there. Like his elder brother Giuseppe Mosca (also an opera composer), he studied composition under Fedele Fenaroli.

Works

Operas

*''L'impresario burlato'' (

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, libretto by Francesco Antonio Signoretti, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, 1797) *''La sposa tra le imposture'' (opera buffa, libretto by Francesco Antonio Signoretti, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, 1798) *''Un imbroglio ne porta un altro'' (opera buffa, libretto by Giuseppe Palomba, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, 1799) *''Gli sposi in cimento'' (opera buffa, libretto by Francesco Saverio Zini, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, 1800) *''L'omaggio sincero'' (musical allegory in honour of

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, libretto by Giuseppe Pagliuca, Teatro del Palazzo Reale, Naples, 1800) *''Le stravaganze d'amore'' (opera buffa, libretto by Francesco Saverio Zini, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, 1800) *''Gli amanti volubili'' (opera buffa, libretto by

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, 1801) *''L'amore per inganno (L'amoroso inganno; La cantatrice di spirito)'' (opera buffa, libretto by Giuseppe Palomba, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, 1801) *''Il ritorno impensato (Il ritorno inaspettato)'' (opera buffa, libretto by Francesco Saverio Zini, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, 1802) *''L'impostore ossia Il Marcotondo'' (opera buffa, libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, Teatro Nuovo, Naples, 1802) *''La vendetta femminina'' (opera buffa, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, 1803; as ''La lezione vendetta'', Théâtre-Italien, Paris, 1806) *''Gli zingari in fiera'' (opera buffa, libretto by Giuseppe Palomba,

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, 1806) *''I finti viaggiatori'' (opera buffa, libretto by Nicasio De Mase, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, 1807) *''L'italiana in Algeri'' (opera buffa, libretto by

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, La Scala,

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, 1808) *''La sposa a sorte'' (opera buffa, libretto by Giuseppe Palomba, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, 1810) *''Il salto di Leucade'' ( opera seria, libretto by

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, Naples, 1812) *''L'audacia delusa'' (opera buffa, libretto by Giuseppe Palomba, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, 1813) *''Il bello piace a tutti'' (excerpt held in the

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Sources

*de Rosa di Villarosa, Carlo Antonio (1840). "Mosca, Luigi" i
''Memorie dei compositori di musica del regno di Napoli''
Stamperia reale * *Wier, Albert Ernest (ed.) (1938). "Mosca, Luigi" i
''The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians'', Volume 2
The Macmillan Company

External links

Complete piano/vocal score of Mosca's aria, "Cara mia sposina"
on the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mosca, Luigi Italian classical composers Italian male classical composers Italian opera composers Male opera composers 1775 births 1824 deaths Musicians from Naples