Giuseppe Libani (1845-1880) 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

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, he is chiefly remembered for his three

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: ''Gulnara'' (1869, Palazzo Pamphilj) ''Il Conte Verde'' (1873,

Teatro Apollo The Tor di Nona is a neighborhood in Rome's ''rione'' '' Ponte''. It lies in the heart of the city's historic center, between the ''Via dei Coronari'' and the Tiber River. Its name commemorates the Torre dell'Annona, a mediaeval tower which once s ...

), and ''Sardanapalo'' (1880, Teatro Apollo). He died at the age of 35 in Rome.Operisti minori dell'800 italiano By Corrado Ambìveri
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