Carolina Uccelli

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Carolina Uccelli (1810–1885) was an Italian composer known for opera.

Biography

Carolina Uccelli (Pazzini) was born in Florence and made her debut as a composer with the performance of the sacred opera Saul at the Teatro della Pergola on 21 June 1830. Uccelli wrote both libretto and music for the opera. A two-act melodrama Anna di Resburo with libretto by Gaetano Rossi was performed in Naples in 1832. The overture of her opera Eufemio da Messina was performed in Milan in 1933.^[1]

Uccelli's husband died in 1843, and she moved to Paris with her daughter Giulia. The two women performed concert tours in Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Uccelli died in Paris in 1885.^[2]

Works

Saul 1830 opera
Emma di Resburgo 1832 opera
Eufemio da Messina 1833 opera
Sulla morte di Maria Malibran cantata for chorus and orchestra

References

↑ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 4 October 2010.
↑ Sansone, Matteo. "Carolina Uccelli (Pazzini)". Retrieved 27 September 2010.

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Persondata
Name	Uccelli, Carolina
Alternative names
Short description	Composer
Date of birth	1810
Place of birth	Florence, Italy
Date of death	1885
Place of death	Paris, France

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