Niccola Spinelli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Niccola Spinelli

Italian opera composer

Date of Birth: 29-Jul-1865

Place of Birth: Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Date of Death: 17-Oct-1909

Profession: composer, conductor, pianist

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Niccola Spinelli (born Turin, Italy 1865 – died Rome 18 October 1909) was an Italian composer of operas.
Born in Turin, the son of a jurist, he studied composition at the Naples Conservatory under Paolo Serrao.
His opera Labilia won the second-place prize in an 1890 opera competition organized by Milanese music publisher Edoardo Sonzogno, and premiered in Rome on 9 May 1890; the first prize went to Pietro Mascagni for Cavalleria rusticana.
His most well-known work is A Basso Porto (At the Lower Harbor), which premiered in Cologne on 18 April 1894 to great popular acclaim.