Vincenzo Pucitta (or Puccitta; 17 February 1778 – 20 December 1861) was a nineteenth-century

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. Born in

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, he wrote more than 20

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s during his career. One of his works, ''La Vestale'', after its premiere in

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(1810), was also sung in

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(1816),

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(1816) and

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(1817).Andrade, Ayres de. ''Francisco Manuel da Silva e seu tempo'' Vol. 1. Rio de Janeiro: Tempo Brasileiro, 1967; p. 113. He died in

Operas

*Le nozze senza sposa (1800, Parma) *Bianca de' Rossi (1800, Florence) *L'amor platonico (1800, Lucca) *Il fuoruscito (1801, Milan) *Teresa e Wilk (1802, Venice) *Werter e Carlotta (1802, Venice) *Il puntiglio (Furberia e puntiglio) (1802, Milan) *La perfidia scoperta (1803, Venice) *Zelinda e Lindoro (1803, Venice) *Lauretta (1803, Padua) *La burla fortunata ossia I due prigionieri (1804, Venice); *Lo sposo di Lucca (1805, Venice) *Andromaca (1806) *Il marchese d'un giorno ovvero Gli sposi felici (1808, Livorno) *La caccia di Enrico IV (1809, London) *La vestale (1810, London) *Il trionfo di Rosselane ossia Le tre sultane (1811, London) *Adolfo e Chiara (1812, Turin) *Ginevra di Scozia (1812) *Boadicca (1813) *Il feudatario (1813, Trieste) *Aristodemo (1814, London) *Gli due prigionieri ossia Adolfo e Clara (1814, London) *L'orgoglio avvilito (1815, Paris) *La principessa in campagna o Il marchese nell'imbarazzo (La principessa bizarra) (1817, Paris) *Il maestro di cappella (1818, Trieste) *La festa del villaggio (1822, Rome) *La Fausse Agnès (1824, Paris)

Notes

Italian opera composers Italian male opera composers Italian classical composers 1778 births 1861 deaths People from Civitavecchia {{italy-composer-stub