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Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante (Altamura, Reino de Nápoles, bautizado el 17 de septiembre de 1795 - Nápoles, Reino de Italia, 17 de diciembre de 1870) fue un compositor italiano, especialmente conocido por sus óperas.
Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante (baptised 17 September 1795 – 17 December 1870) was an Italian composer, particularly of operas.
Saverio Mercadante was an Italian composer and teacher who was a transitional figure in opera composition between Gaetano Donizetti, Gioacchino Rossini, and Vincenzo Bellini on the one hand and Giuseppe Verdi on the other. He is considered to have been an important reformer of Italian opera.
Born: Alatamura, near Bari in Apulia; baptised 17 September 1795. Died: 17 September 1870, Naples, Italy. Mercadante was the leading Italian composer in Italy between Donizetti and Verdi . Inspired by French grand opéra, particularly Meyerbeer and Halévy, he wrote a series of “reform operas”:
El operista Saverio Mercadante fue un prolífico compositor de ópera del siglo XIX, y un gran influyente en sus días debido a sus óperas reformadas de 1840. Su reacción frente a la masividad del estilo Bel Canto y los efectos de la grand ópera, Saverio se contuvo decididamente de estas dos tendencias para conseguir un drama escénico mucho ...
A profile of the composer Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante (1795-1870), along with a list of their works available to browse and buy.
Known as one of the most important composers of Italian opera in 1840, Mercadante stood with opera composers such as Donizetti, Rossini, Bellini, and Verdi as masters of a dramatic form which captured the hearts of the Italian people and the world.
