José Ángel Montero

José Ángel Montero (born Caracas October 2, 1832 - died Caracas August 24, 1881) was a Venezuelan opera composer, a contemporary of the Brazilian Carlos Gomes. As maestro di capilla at the cathedral of Caracas he wrote religious music; he also composed a number of zarzuelas and, in 1873, the opera Virginia, to an Italian-language libretto.

Works

 * Doña Inés or la Política en el Hogar, 1862.
 * La modista (zarzuela in two acts, 1864).
 * Fabio o Estela or el casamiento por Dote, 1865.
 * La curiosidad de las Mujeres or El Huésped enamorado, 1865.
 * Los Alemanes en Italia, 1866.
 * Colegialas con colegialas (zarzuela in two acts), 1868.
 * La Castañera, 1868.
 * El Charlatán Mudo, 1873.
 * Diamira, 1873.
 * Virginia, 1873.
 * Tragedia Lírica, 1873.
 * Atrás or el Centinela.
 * Un baile en Caracas or el Cumpleaños de Leonor (zarzuela in one act), 1865.
 * La ardilla (zarzuela in one act).
 * La inocente Serranilla (zarzuela in one act).
 * La gallina Ciega (Overture zarzuela)