Giovanni Battista Lampugnani (c. 1708 – 2 June 1786) was an Italian composer, born in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

. He studied in

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where he made his debut as a composer of opera in 1732. In 1743 he went to

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to take over the Opera from

Baldassare Galuppi Baldassare Galuppi (18 October 17063 January 1785) was an Italian composer, born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Republic. He belonged to a generation of composers, including Johann Adolph Hasse, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, and C. ...

at the King's Theatre, but he soon returned to Milan. Lampugnani later became the ''maestro al cembalo'' (meaning "master of the harpsichord") in 1779 at the

Teatro alla Scala La Scala (, , ; abbreviation in Italian of the official name ) is a famous opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the ' (New Royal-Ducal Theatre alla Scala). The premiere performan ...

. Lampugnani wrote thirty operas during his lifetime, such as ''Semiramide'' (1741), ''Rossane, Tigrane'' (1747), ''Artaserse'', ''

Siroe ''Siroe, re di Persia'' ('' Siroes, King of Persia'', HWV 24), is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. It was his 12th opera for the Royal Academy of Music and was written for the sopranos Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordo ...

'' (1755) and ''L'amor contadino'' (1760). He also composed some non-operatic pieces, e.g., trio sonatas and church music. He died in Milan.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lampugnani, Giovanni Battista 1700s births 1786 deaths Year of birth uncertain Italian male classical composers Italian opera composers Male opera composers 18th-century Italian composers 18th-century Italian male musicians