Antonio Smareglia (5 May 1854 – 15 April 1929) was anItalianoperacomposer.
Antonio Smareglia was born inPola, in theIstrian peninsula, then part of theAustrian Empire. In the house where he was born in Via Nettuno, there is now a small museum of his life and work.
His father Francesco Smareglia fromPola[1] was Italian, his mother Giulia Stiglich fromLovran was Croatian.[2]
The composer chose to set his most famous opera,Nozze istriane, in his grandfather's village,[2]Dignano d'Istria.
Smareglia married Maria Jetti Polla, and they had five children. He became blind at the age of 46. Since then he composed his music dictating to his sons, Ariberto and Mario, and to his students and friends including Primo dalla Zonca, Gastone Zuccoli, and Vito Levi.
Smareglia died inGrado in 1929.
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