Pugni, Cesare
(1802–1870)> COMPOSER
Pugni, Cesare (31 May 1802, Genoa; 26 January 1870, St. Petersburg) composer studied at the Conservatorio in Milan under the direction of Alessandro Rolla and Bonifacio Asioli . After completing his course of study, he wrote his first work for the theatre, a ballet entitled Elerz e Zulmida that was produced at La Scala in Milan on 6 May 1826. Pugni continued to contribute operas to the theatres of Trieste and Milan between 1832 and 1834, and he then went to live in Paris from 1847 until 1851…