Guglielmo Zuelli

Guglielmo Zuelli (20 October 1859 – 17 October 1941) was an Italian composer, conductor, and music educator. As a composer he achieved fame for his first opera Fata del Nord which premiered in Milan in 1884. Both his first and second opera, Mokanna o Il profeta del Korasan, were published by Casa Ricordi. However, his second opera has never been performed. His other compositions consist of several sacred choral works and a number of symphonic pieces written in a style similar to his contemporaries Giacomo Puccini, Alberto Franchetti, and Pietro Mascagni. His father worked as a saddler. Many of his relatives were involved in petty theft; and several women in his family made their living as pickpockets. Both of his parents died suddenly on 24 October 1862 when Guglielmo was three years old. The prelude of the opera was conducted by Franco Faccio at the 1884 world's fair in Turin, Zuelli completed this opera in 1886 and while Ricordi did publish the score, the work was never performed. He retired from the director of the conservatory in 1929; at which point :Luigi Ferrari Trecate succeeded him as director of the Parma Conservatory. He died in Piccarolo's home on 17 October 1941 at the age of 81.