Luigi Antonio Calegari (1780–1849) was an Italian opera composer, born in Padua. He was nephew of Antonio Calegari (1757–1828)The Harvard biographical dictionary of music Don Michael Randel - 1996 "Calegari, Antonio (b. Padua, 17 Feb. 1757; d. there, 22 or 28 July 1828)." and possibly related to other composers in the Padua Calegari family; Father Francesco Antonio Calegari (1656–1742), and Giuseppe Calegari, composer of a Betulia liberata (1771). He died in Venice.
Operas Il matrimonio scoperto ossia Le polpette (1804, Padua) Erminia (1805, Venice) La serenata (1806, Padua) Amor soldato (1807, Padua) Irene e Filandro (1808, Venice) La giardiniera (1808, Rome) Raoul di Crequi (1808, Padua) Il prigioniero (1810, Venice) Omaggio del cuore (1815, Piacenza) Saul (1821, Venice) - inspired by the oratorio of Vittorio Alfieri.
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