Azio Corghi
Azio Corghi (9 March 1937 – 17 November 2022) was an Italian composer, academic teacher and
musicologist. He composed mostly operas and
chamber music. His operas are often based on literature, especially in collaboration with
José Saramago as
librettist. His first opera, ''Gargantua'', was premiered at the
Teatro Regio in Turin in 1984, his second opera, ''Blimunda'', was first performed at
La Scala in Milan in the 1989/90 season, and his third opera, ''
Divara – aqua e sangue'', was premiered in 1993 at the
Theater Münster, Germany. He taught composition at the
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, among other academies. In 2005, he was awarded the
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
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