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Marcos António da Fonseca Portugal (March 24, 1762–February 7, 1830) was a Portuguese classical composer, who achieved great fame for his operas in Italian. Portugal was born in Lisbon. He first studied at the Patriarchal Seminary of Lisbon, where he learned music. He wrote his first work, Misere, at age 14. He was later the organist at the See of Lisbon, and maestro at the Theatre of Salitre in Lisbon. He lived in Naples, Italy, from 1790 to 1800 on a government scholarship. <a href="https://w
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Marcos António da Fonseca Simao, conocido como Marcos António Portugal o Marco Portogallo (Lisboa, 24 de marzo de 1762 – Río de Janeiro, 7 de febrero de 1830), fue un músico y compositor portugués de música clásica. En su época, sus obras fueron conocidas por toda Europa, siendo uno de los más famosos compositores portugueses de todos los tiempos. Estudió en el Seminario Patriarcal de Lisboa con João de Sousa Carvalho, y en 1792 marchó a Nápoles a completar sus estudios; vivió en Italia hasta 1800. De regreso en Portugal, debió exiliarse en Brasil en 1811 por causa de las Guerras Napoleónicas. Allí fue Maestro de la Capilla Real y director del teatro São João. Compuso música religiosa y, especialmente, óperas como La confusione della somiglianza, La morte de Semiramide (1801), Lo spazzacamino principe (1794) y otras.
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