Domenico Sarro

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Domenico Sarro (1679-1744) was an Italian composer.

He studied at the Neapolitan conservatory of S. Onofrio. He composed extensively in the early 1700s. He is best remembered today as the composer of Achille in Sciro, the opera that was chosen to open the new theater of San Carlo in 1737.

[edit] Sources

  • Grove Music On-line
  • Robinson, Michael F. (1972) Naples and Neapolitan Opera. Clarendon Press, Oxford. ISBN 0-19-816124-7.


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