Paolino Vassallo

Paolino Vassallo was a Maltese composer born in Cospicua on 24 July 1856[1]. Vassallo studied with Massenet and Guiraud at the Conservatoire Royal in Parsi. He founded his Musical Institute in Valletta in 1885[2] and was appointed the maestro di cappella at Mdina Cathedral in Valletta in 1902. He wrote three operas; Amor Fatale, Frazir and Edith Cavell.[3]. Vassallo died on 30 January 1923[4]. He was featured on a Maltese postage stamp in 2006.

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