Niccola Spinelli, was an Italian composer of operas, premiered in Rome on 9 May 1890; the first prize went to Pietro Antonio Stefano Mascagni, who was an Italian composer, most noted for his operas, and which 1890 masterpiece?
Niccola Spinelli Niccola Spinelli (born Turin, Italy 1865 – died Rome 18 October, 1909) was an Italian composer of operas. Born in Turin, the son of a jurist, he studied composition at the Naples Conservatory under Paolo Serrao. His opera "Labilia" won the second-place prize in an 1890 opera competition organized by Milanese music publisher Edoardo Sonzogno, and premiered in Rome on 9 May 1890; the first prize went to Pietro Mascagni for "Cavalleria rusticana". His most well-known work is "A Basso Porto" ("At the Lower Harbor"), which premiered in Cologne on 18 April 1894 to great popular acclaim.
Ezio (libretto) Ezio is an opera libretto by Metastasio, first officially set to music by Pietro Auletta and premièred in the Teatro delle Dame, Rome, on December 26, 1728; an unauthorized setting by Nicola Porpora had already been premièred a month earlier (November 20) in Venice.