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- 1709
- Died
- ca. 1770
- Works
- 6
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Francesco Domenico Araja (or Araia, Russian: Арайя) (June 25, 1709 in Naples, Kingdom of Sicily – between 1762 and 1770 in Bologna, States of the Church) was an Italian composer who spent 25 years in Russia and wrote at least 14 operas for the Russian Imperial Court including Tsefal i Prokris, the first opera in Russian. he was born and received his musical education in Naples and began to compose operas at the age of 20. His early operas were produced in the theatres of Naples, Florence, Rome,
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Domenico
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Naples
- Place of death
- Bologna
- Occupation
- chapelmaster
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Genre
- opera
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Image
- Francesco Araja.jpg
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- Francesco Araja
- date of birth
- 1700-00-00
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- Francesco Araja
- date of death
- 1760-00-00
- P8168
- Smolinské
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