Lauro Rossi


Lauro Rossi, was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. There is no known connection with Luigi Rossi.

Life and career

Rossi studied in Naples and produced his first opera there. His greatest success was with the comic opera originally entitled La casa disabitata, which was performed for many years in its revised form under the title I falsi monetari.
However, Rossi suffered a fiasco in 1835, after which he left Naples for Mexico, then Cuba. There he set up his own opera company, and married its prima donna, Isabella Obermayer. He returned to Italy in 1843 and continued composing, but, thereafter, he was mainly known as an academic figure as director of the Conservatory, first at Milan and then at Naples. He was commissioned by Giuseppe Verdi to compose a portion of the Messa per Rossini; specifically, Number V. Agnus Dei, for solo Alto.
Two of his late operas were also highly successful: La Contessa di Mons and Cleopatra.

Operas

Le contesse villane Costanza e Oringaldo La sposa al lotto La casa in vendita, ovvero II casino di campagna La scommessa di matrimonio Baldovino, tiranno di Spoleto II maestro di scuola II disertore svizzero, ovvero La nostalgia Le fucine di Bergen La casa disabitata, ovvero Don Eustachio di campagna Amelia, ovvero Otto anni di costanza Leocadia Giovanna Shore II borgomastro di Schiedam Dottor Bobolo, ovvero La fiera Cellini a Parigi Azema di Granata, ovvero Gli Abencerragi ed i Zegrini La figlia di Figaro Blanca Contarini Il domino nero revived in Italy, and available on CDLe Sabine L'alchimista La sirena Lo zigaro rivale Il maestro e la cantante Gli artisti alla fiera La contessa di Mons