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Valentino Fioravanti

Born: 11th September 1764, Rome, Italy

Died: 16th June 1837, Capua, Italy

Nationality: Italian

Valentino Fioravanti was a celebrated Italian composer of opera buffas.

Fioravanti was born in Rome. One of the best opera buffa composers between Domenico Cimarosa and Gioacchino Rossini, he was especially popular in Naples, and was the first in Italy to introduce spoken dialogue in the French manner in his works, sometimes using the Neapolitan dialect. His works included some 70 operas, the most famous being Le cantatrici villane from 1799. He died, aged 72, in Capua.

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