Domenico Natale Sarro, also Sarri (24 December 1679 – 25 January 1744) was an Italian composer.

He studied at the Neapolitan conservatory of S. Onofrio

Music Conservatories of Naples

The Music Conservatory of Naples is a music institution in Naples, southern Italy. It is currently located in the complex of San Pietro a Majella.-San Pietro a Majella:...

. He composed extensively in the early 18th century. His opera Didone abbandonata

Didone abbandonata (Sarro)

Didone abbandonata is an opera in three acts composed by Domenico Sarro to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio, which was based on the story of Dido and Aeneas from the fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid...

, premiered on 1 February 1724 at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

, was the first setting of a major libretto by Pietro Metastasio. He is best remembered today as the composer of Achille in Sciro

Achille in Sciro

Achille in Sciro is an opera seria by composer Domenico Sarro. The opera uses an Italian language libretto by Pietro Metastasio. It was commissioned for the opening of the Teatro di San Carlo by Charles III of Spain, also known as Charles VII of Naples...

, the opera that was chosen to open the new Teatro di San Carlo

Teatro di San Carlo

The Real Teatro di San Carlo is an opera house in Naples, Italy. It is the oldest continuously active such venue in Europe.Founded by the Bourbon Charles VII of Naples of the Spanish branch of the dynasty, the theatre was inaugurated on 4 November 1737 — the king's name day — with a performance...

 in 1737.

Sources

• Grove Music On-line
• Robinson, Michael F. (1972) Naples and Neapolitan Opera. Clarendon Press, Oxford. ISBN 0-19-816124-7.