Teatro Nuovo, Naples, 1876 Il conte di San Romano (dramma lirico in 4 acts); libretto by Enrico Golisciani; premiered Teatro Bellini, Naples, 1878 Rabagas (opera comica in 4 acts); libretto by Enrico Golisciani after Victorien Sardou; premiered Teatro Argentina, Rome, 1882 Sacred music Most of De Giosa's sacred music was composed during his time at the San Pietro a Majella conservatory including four masses, three of them messe di gloria, and a Dixit Dominus. He also composed a Stabat Mater, Salve Regina, and three sinfonie based on themes from his masses and the Dixit. In the early 1870s he composed a requiem mass in memory of Donizetti. The Donizetti requiem received its first 20th-century performance in 1997 at the Festival della Valle d'Itria. Other vocal De Giosa composed over 400 art songs and pieces of salon music. Many of these pieces were published in 26 collections of his work—10 in Milan and 16 in Naples. He also wrote several longer pieces of vocal music for specific occasions: Una lagrima sulla tomba del Conte Gallenberg (A Tear on the Tomb of Count Gallenberg), prayer for soloist, chorus, and orchestra (1839) Inno funebre, funeral hymn (also for Count Gallenberg) for four soloists, chorus and orchestra (1839) Cantata for the dedication of the marble bust of Ferdinand II in the Acquaviva delle Fonti Cathedral (1853) Cantata celebrating the wedding of Francis, Duke of Calabria and Princess Maria Sofia of Bavaria in Bari (1859) Cantata in honour of the patron saint of Acquaviva delle Fonti (1864) Notes References External links Scores by De Giosa at the International Music Score Library Project "A Donizettian Life: Nicola De Giosa" and "Il Vedovo Solitario", papers on De Giosa's life and his relationship with Donizetti by Donizetti scholar Alexander Weatherson 1819 births 1885 deaths 19th-century classical composers Italian classical composers Italian opera composers Male opera composers People from Bari 19th-century Italian composers 19th-century Italian male musicians