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He wrote mainly religious music until at least 1824, the date of his last known surviving autograph. In Portugal and Brazil, his reputation rests mainly on his religious music, a genre he cultivated throughout his life. He remained in Rio de Janeiro when the Portuguese Court returned to Portugal in
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announced the return of the opera Le donne cambiate from Marcos Portugal as the most affirmative milestone of the XXXI edition of the International Summer Meetings. The performance had an international cast, musical direction of
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in 1811. Upon arriving, Portugal was appointed music master to the sons and daughters of the Prince Regent and became the official Royal Composer.
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in Lisbon and was appointed music master at the Patriarchal Seminary in Lisbon. He continued to write operas, mainly
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at the Theatre of Salitre in Lisbon from c. 1784. He lived in Italy from late 1792 to 1800, possibly funded by the
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produced this work's North American premiere in 2016. In 2023, In the
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in Lisbon where, as a 14-year-old student, he wrote his first work, a
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He authored the first official national anthems of Portugal (
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Marcos Portugal returned to Portugal in 1800. He became
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1821, and continuing in the employ of his pupil, the
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Engraving of Marcos Portugal
Lisbon
Rio de Janeiro
classical composer
operas
Lisbon
Patriarchal Seminary
prince regent
John VI of Portugal
The Marriage of Figaro
libretto
Gaetano Rossi
Metastasio
Demofoonte
La Scala
Artaserse
Serse
Alceste
Adrasto
Semiramide
Sofonisba

maestro
São Carlos National Theatre
opere serie
colony of Brazil
First Emperor of Brazil
D. Pedro
Hymno Patriótico
Hino da Independência

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