Mikhail Kerzelli

Mikhail Franzevich Kerzelli (c. 1740 [or 1750, or 1755] – December 1818) was a pianist, violinist, teacher and composer of string quartets, violin duets, orchestral and liturgical compositions.^[1][2]

Kerzelli was born at Vienna. There are some operas attributed to him:

• Derevensky prazdnik ili Uvenchannaja dobrodetel (Деревенский праздник, или Увенчанная добродетель – The Village Feast or Crowned Virtue, opera in 3 acts, text by Vasily Maikov, 1777 Moscow)
• Finiks (Финикс – Phoenix, text by Nikolai Nikolev), opera in 3 acts (1779 Moscow)
• Arkas i Irisa (Аркас и Ириса – Arkas and Irisa, text by Vasily Maikov), one-act opera, c. 1780, Moscow)
• Plenira i Zelim (Пленира и Зелим – Plenira and Zelim, opera in 3 acts (1789 Moscow) (probably belongs to Ivan Kerzelli)

He died in Moscow.

References

1. Фендейзен, Николай Федорович (2008). History of Music in Russia from Antiquity to 1800: The eighteenth century. Music and theater, 1730-1740; Music in court life during the reigns of Elizabeth Petrovna and Catherine II; Music in Russia's domestic life during the second half of the eighteenth century; The Russian horn band; Music in Russian public life during the second half of the eighteenth century; Musical creativity in Russia during the eighteenth century; Literature about music, publishers and sellers of sheet music, instrument makers and merchants. Indiana University Press. p. 122. ISBN 9780253348265.
2. International Journal of Musicology. P. Lang. 1992. p. 89. ISBN 9783631460986.