Mikhail Franzevich Kerzelli (c. 1740
r 1750, or 1755– December 1818) was a pianist, violinist, teacher and composer of string quartets, violin duets, orchestral and liturgical compositions.
Kerzelli was born at
Vienna
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. There are some operas attributed to him:
*''Derevensky prazdnik ili Uvenchannaja dobrodetel'' (''Деревенский праздник, или Увенчанная добродетель – The Village Feast or Crowned Virtue'', opera in 3 acts, text by Vasily Maikov, 1777 Moscow)
*''Finiks'' (''Финикс – Phoenix'', text by Nikolai Nikolev), opera in 3 acts (1779
Moscow
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)
*''Arkas i Irisa'' (''Аркас и Ириса – Arkas and Irisa'', text by Vasily Maikov), one-act opera, c. 1780,
Moscow
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)
*''Plenira i Zelim'' (''Пленира и Зелим – Plenira and Zelim'', opera in 3 acts (1789
Moscow
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) (probably belongs to
Ivan Kerzelli)
He died in
Moscow
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.
References
Russian opera composers
Russian male opera composers
Russian male conductors (music)
1740s births
1818 deaths
Mikhail
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