Ernesto Viceconte (2 January 1836 - 1877) was an Italian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

. Born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, Viceconte was a child prodigy and was admitted to the Naples Conservatory at the age of 8. He composed 5

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

s; three of which premiered at the

Teatro di San Carlo The Real Teatro di San Carlo ("Royal Theatre of Saint Charles"), as originally named by the Bourbon monarchy but today known simply as the Teatro (di) San Carlo, is an opera house in Naples, Italy, connected to the Royal Palace and adjacent t ...

: ''Evelina'' (1856), ''Luisa Strozzi'' (1862), and ''Selvaggia'' (1872). The latter work was his most successful composition. His compositional output also includes one

symphony A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning com ...

and some vocal works and sacred music.

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1836 births 1877 deaths Italian classical composers Kingdom of the Two Sicilies people Italian opera composers Italian male opera composers Composers from Naples 19th-century classical composers 19th-century Italian composers 19th-century Italian male musicians {{Italy-composer-stub