Porta, Bernardo
(1758–1832)> COMPOSER
Porta, Bernardo (1758, Rome; April 1832, Paris), composer, studied composition under Magrini and became chapel master at Tivoli. He returned to Rome before long and joined the retinue of the prince de Salm while composing La Principessa d’Amalfi for the Argentina theatre. The composer did not enjoy any measure of success with his first opera, and it is likely that he left for Paris because he thought that he might find more appreciative audiences there. Whatever his motives for leaving Italy…