Michele Carafa

Michele Carafa

Michele Enrico Carafa di Colobrano (17 November 1787 – 26 July 1872) was an Italian opera composer. He was born in Naples and studied in Paris with Luigi Cherubini. He was Professor of counterpoint at the Paris Conservatoire from 1840 to 1858. One of his notable pupils was Achille Peri‎.

Selected operas

• Gabriella di Vergy (1816)
• Jeanne d'Arc à Orléans (1821)
• Le solitaire (1822)
• Le valet de chambre (1823)
• Il sonnambulo (1824)
• La belle au bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty) (1825)
• Masaniello (1828)
• Le nozze di Lammermoor (1829)
• La prison d'Édimbourg (1833)

Source

• The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, by John Warrack and Ewan West (1992), 782 pages, ISBN 0-19-869164-5

External links

• Free scores by Michele Carafa at the International Music Score Library Project

Persondata
Name	Carafa, Michele
Alternative names	Carafa di Colobrano, Michele Enrico
Short description	Italian opera composer
Date of birth	17 November 1787
Place of birth	Naples
Date of death	26 July 1872
Place of death