Tomás Giribaldi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Uruguayan musician
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Place of Birth: Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay
About Tomás Giribaldi
- Tomás Giribaldi (1847-April 11, 1930) was an Uruguayan composer.
- His opera La Parisina, premiered at the Solís Theatre in Montevideo on September 14, 1878, is considered the first Uruguayan national opera.
- It was composed in Italian, and set to a modified libretto by Felice Romani which had previously been used for Gaetano Donizetti's Parisina.
- Based upon its success, Giribaldi was sent to Italy for further study, but he had to return home before he could begin.
- He continued to compose operas, but never with the same success.
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