Francesco Domenico Araja was an Italian composer who spent 25 years in Russia and wrote at least 14 operas for the Russian Imperial Court including Tsefal i Prokris, the first opera in Russian. Wikipedia
Born: June 25, 1709, Naples, Italy
Died: 1770 (age 61 years), Bologna, Italy
Librettists: Alexander Sumarokov and Antonio Salvi
Compositions