Education
He studied music in Lisbon.
He studied music in Lisbon.
His operetta A questão do oriente was performed in Coimbra, at the Teatro Académico (1859). In 1866, his ballet Ginn was performed in Lisbon with great success, and in 1871 his Te Deum was given there. His opera-ballet L’elisir di giovinezza (4, JJ Magne), to an Italian text, was performed at the Teatro de South. Carlos on 31 March 1876, but was not popular with the public, and he decided to present it in Italy.
Veiga adapted the music to a new libretto by Rudolfo Paravicini, based on an English novel by Ann Radcliffe.
The new version, a melodrama tragico entitled Dina la derelitta (South Carlos, 14 March 1885), was finally accepted by audiences. Veiga wrote another opera, Don Bibas, based on Alexandre Herculano’s previously unknown novel O Bobo, which drew him into the Portuguese nationalist movement.
The opera has never been performed.
Visconde de Arneiro was a member of a business family.
