Antonio Smareglia (5 May 1854 – 15 April 1929) was an

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Life

Antonio Smareglia was born in

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, now in

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). In the house where he was born in Via Nettuno there is now a small museum of his life and work. His father Francesco Smareglia from

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was Croatian.. The composer chose to set his most famous opera, ''

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'', in his grandfather's village, Dignano d'Istria. Smareglia married Maria Jetti Polla, and they had five children. He became blind at the age of 46. Since then he composed his music dictating to his sons, Ariberto and Mario, and to his students and friends including Primo dalla Zonca, Gastone Zuccoli, and Vito Levi. Smareglia died in

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in 1929.

Works

* '' Caccia lontana'' (a one-act dramatic sketch, a student work, 1879) * '' Preziosa'' (opera, 1879) * '' Bianca da Cervia'' (opera, 1882) * '' Re Nala'' (opera, 1887) * '' Il vassallo di Szigeth'' (opera, 1889) * '' Cornill Schutt'' (revised as ''Pittori Fiamminghi'', opera, 1893) * ''

'' (opera, 1895) * '' La falena'' (opera, 1897) * '' Oceàna'' (opera, 1903) * '' Abisso'' (opera, 1914)

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Antonio Smareglia (1854–1929)
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