Ernesto Viceconte was an Italian composer

Composer

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. Born in Naples

Naples

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, Viceconte was a child prodigy and was admitted to the Naples Conservatory at the age of 8. He composed 5 opera

Opera

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s; three of which premiered at the 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...

: Evelina (1856), Luisa Strozzi (1862), and Selvaggia (1872). The latter work was his most successful composition. His compositional output also includes one symphony

Symphony

A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, scored almost always for orchestra. A symphony usually contains at least one movement or episode composed according to the sonata principle...

and some vocal works and sacred music.