Achille Peri

Achille Peri (20 December 1812 – 28 March 1880) was an Italian composer and conductor.

Born in Reggio Emilia, Peri began his musical education in his native city before pursuing further studies in Paris with Michele Carafa.

He founded a touring opera company in Paris, but returned to Italy after it failed.

He began working as a conductor at the Teatro Comunale in Reggio Emilia where his first opera, Il solitario, premiered on 29 March 1841.

Some of his other successful operas were I fidanzati (1856, Teatro Carlo Felice), Vittore Pisani (1857, Reggio Emilia), and Giuditta (1860, La Scala).