Il maestro di cappella is an operatic intermezzo in one act by Domenico Cimarosa.

(Though often translated in English as The Music Teacher, the Italian term maestro di cappella is the equivalent of the German kapellmeister — "master of the choir or orchestra".)

[1] An amusing monodrama for a bass-baritone, the opera portrays a pompous maestro rehearsing an orchestra, often imitating the sound of the instruments.

Always popular with great buffos (such as Fernando Corena and Sesto Bruscantini), it continues to be regularly performed.

The only extant complete version of this work, according to Marco Brolli, is a vocal score for bass-baritone and piano that was published in 1810 in Leipzig.