Zingarelli, Nicolas-Antoine
(1752–1837)> COMPOSER
Zingarelli, Nicolas-Antoine (4 April 1752, Naples; 5 May 1837, Naples), composer, was well known in his day in Italy, where he had more than 40 theatrical works performed in Milan, Turin, Venice, Rome, and Naples. His only experience with the Royal Academy of Music in Paris was a disaster. His Antigone, mounted at the Opéra in 1790, had to be withdrawn after its second representation on account of spectators’ indifference toward it. His list of religious compositions is as long as his…