Saverio Mercadante

1795 – 1870

Saverio Mercadante short biography

A noted Italian opera composer, Saverio Mercadante was a music student in Naples. Rossini admired Mercadante and persuaded him to compose an opera that immediately had an outstanding success. Mercadante lived and worked in many European centers: Vienna, Madrid and Lisbon. By 1840, Mercadante earned himself a reputation of the most important Italian opera composers.