Niccolò Vito Piccinni, also Piccini, also Nicola Marcello Antonio Giacomo Picci(n)ni (* January 16, 1728 in Bari; † May 7, 1800 in Passy near Paris) was an Italian classical composer. His main field was opera.
Niccolò Piccinni received his musical education in Naples, 1742-1744 from the opera composer Leonardo Leo and then from Francesco Durante until 1754 at the Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio. His father was a musician, his mother was the sister of the opera composer Gaetano Latilla. He made his debut in Naples in 1754 at the Theatro dei Fiorentini with his first opera ''buffa Le donne dispettose''. This was followed in 1756 and 1757 by the opera series ''Zenobia and Nitteti''. On July 30, 1756, he married his 14-year-old singing pupil Sibilla Vincenza.
Rome
In 1758, Piccinni was invited to Rome, where he had his first European success with the opera ''buffa La buona figliuola'' (La Cecchina, 1760), whose text was based on Richardson's novel ''Pamela'' by Carlo Goldoni. In Rome, he continued to compose operas in the opera seria style based on texts by Pietro Metastasio as well as opere buffe. In 1773 he returned to Naples, where he became second cathedral conductor and second organist of the royal chapel.
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