Pasquale Anfossi, an Italian composer, born in Naples in 1729, died in Rome in 1797. He was a pupil of Sacchini and Piccini, the latter of whom in 1771 procured him an engagement in Rome. His first successes were in 1773, with the opera I'Incognita persegui-tata, and several others immediately succeeding. His serious opera L'Olimpiade having failed, he went to Venice, and in 1780 to Paris, where his Incognita perseguitata, with a French libretto, was not well received. In 1783 he was manager of the Italian opera in London, and in 1787 returned to Rome, where he enjoyed henceforth uninterrupted popularity. Of his works, which are now little known, the best are L'ataro, Il curioso indis-creto, and I viaggiatori felici.