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Lampugnani, Giovanni Battista (1706–1786)| Italian composer. Successful throughout Italy as an opera composer, he went to London, England, in 1743 to take over the opera at the King's Theatre from Baldassare Galuppi, but later returned to Milan, where he wrote his five comic operas 1758–69. |
| He studied in Naples, and made his debut as an opera composer there in 1732. From 1779 he was maestro al cembalo at the Teatro alla Scala. |
Works Opera about 30, including Semiramide (1741), Rossane, Tigrane (1747), Artaserse, Siroe (1755), and L'amor contadino (1760). |
Other trio sonatas, church music. |
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