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Italian composer (1755-1826)
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A new opera, an unperformed 19th century opera, plus Weber & Bellini: I chat to Richard Tegid Jones of Rugby-based Random Opera Company
[…] At the age of 18 she was admitted to the Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna as an 'honorary master composer' (for the Requiem that she wrote for her mother's funeral), an honour not awarded to Rossini till he was over 30. But she married at the age of 23 and stopped composing. Elena e Gerardo, written in 1822, was never performed. Ironically, the name by which she is known today is her married name, she was born Marianna Motroni-Andreozzi (daughter of a nobleman) and her husband was Marquis Lorenzo Bottini. Richard was looking at plans for the 2022 season and decided that they ought to do more varied repertoire. He Googled female composers and saw that Bottini's opera was unperformed. The Istituto Musicale Luigi Boccherini in Lucca had a manuscript score of the opera and sent him a copy. Before that Richard did not know anything about Bottini and it has been a fascinating […]
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