Lauro Rossi, despite composing 29 operas and other works, was largely forgotten until the 2008 Macerata Sferisterio Festival rediscovered his opera Cleopatra.
Composer Biography
Lauro Rossi, the composer of this opera, was born in Macerata, Italy, in 1812 and studied at the Music Conservatory in Naples.
Composer Biography
Lauro Rossi's teachers included Niccolò Zingarelli and Giovanni Furno, who also taught Vincenzo Bellini, and Girolamo Crescentini, a renowned castrato, impresario, and composer.
Composition History
Lauro Rossi's opera Cleopatra was first performed in Turin in 1876, five years after Giuseppe Verdi's successful opera Aida, which also had an Egyptian theme.
Composition History
Giuseppe Verdi invited Lauro Rossi to contribute the Agnus Dei for solo alto to a Requiem Mass in memory of Gioachino Rossini, which was completed in 1869 but not performed until 1988.
Composer Biography
Lauro Rossi spent several years in North America, working as a music director and organizer for opera companies in Vera Cruz, New York, Havana, and New Orleans.
Recording & Production
This recording of Lauro Rossi's Cleopatra is from a live performance at the Sferisterio Opera Festival in Macerata, Italy, in July 2008.
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