Antonio Emmanuelovich Spadavecchia (; born in Odessa on 3 June 1907 – died in Moscow on 7 February 1988) was a Soviet composer of Italian descent. He was awarded National Artist of the RSFSR in 1977.Antonio Spadavekkia – Antonio Spadavecchia Filmography. Composer: 1970s; 1960s; 1950s; 1940s; ... Soviet Union (original title) Chyornaya chayka (1962) Ispytatelnyy srok (1960)
He was promoted in cultural exchanges with other socialist countries after the Second World War, and his opera, The Gadfly, was the second Russian opera after Eugene Onegin to be performed at the Hanoi Opera in the 1960s.
Recordings Daniil Shtoda (tenor) recorded an aria from The Gadfly in a recital for Delos Records in 2005.
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Общество Некрополистов. Могила композитора Антонио Спадавеккиа