Oronzo Mario Scarano (1 June 1847 – 28 December 1901) was an Italian composer and conductor. He composed several operas and operettas, the majority of which premiered in Naples.
[Ambìveri, Corrado (1998)]
''Operisti minori: dell'ottocento Italiano''
p. 142. Gremese Editore.
Scarano was born in
Mottola
Mottola ( nap, label= Mottolese, Mòtele, ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Taranto and region of Apulia in southeast Italy.
It stands on a hill above mean sea level in the sub-region of Murgia. It is also called "The Ionian Spy" ...
, a small town in southern Italy. Until he was 20 he worked with his father who was a carpenter but he also studied music with the local bandmaster. His talent for music led to his father sending him to the Naples conservatory at considerable financial sacrifice. There he studied composition under
Giorgio Miceli.
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1847 births
1901 deaths
Italian opera composers
Male opera composers
People from the Province of Taranto
19th-century Italian male musicians