Francesco Araia
Born: 25th June 1709, Naples, Italy
Died: 1770, Bologna, Italy
Nationality: Italian
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.
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