Ferdinando Orlandi was an Italian composer

Composer

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 best known for his opera

Opera

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s. Born in Parma

Parma

Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....

, he was a pupil of organist

Organist

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 Gaspare Rugarli and composer Ferdinando Paer

Ferdinando Paer

-Biography:Paer was born at Parma. His father was a trumpeter with the Ducal Bodyguards and also performed at church and court events. His name, Ferdinando, was after Duke Ferdinand of Parma and was given to him by Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Duke Ferdinand's wife...

. He also studied at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples with Nicola Sala

Nicola Sala

Nicola Sala was an Italian composer and music theorist born in Tocco Caudio and died in Naples. He was chapel-master and professor at Naples, having devoted himself to the collection of the finest models of printed music...

 and Giacomo Tritto

Giacomo Tritto

Giacomo Domenico Mario Antonio Pasquale Giuseppe Tritto was an Italian composer, known primarily for his 54 operas. He was born in Altamura, and studied in Naples; among his teachers were Nicola Fago, Girolamo Abos, and Pasquale Cafaro. One of his pupil was Ferdinando Orlandi...

. In 1800 he took a position at the ducal court in Parma. He worked as a singing teacher in Milan

Milan

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 (1806–22), Monaco

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 (1822–1823), and Stuttgart

Stuttgart

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 (1823–1828). In 1834 he was appointed maestro di cappella of the Parma Cathedral. He composed at least 25 operas between 1800 and 1820.