Editing Domenico Cimarosa (section)

===Later years===
Cimarosa's success was international. He was, together with Paisiello, the most popular opera composer in the late 18th century.<ref name=penguin/> He composed 60 [[opera buffa|opere buffe]] and 20 [[opera seria|opere serie]], many of which quickly entered the repertoire of opera houses throughout Europe.<ref name=penguin>{{harvnb|Holden|1997|p=180}}</ref> They were performed in Berlin, Copenhagen, Hamburg, London, Prague and Stockholm, as well as Saint Petersburg, Vienna and all the main Italian cities. Between 1783 and 1790 [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]] conducted performances of thirteen Cimarosa operas for his employers at [[Schloss Esterházy]] and many of the pieces were given several times.<ref name=grove/> Cimarosa's ''La ballerina amante'', a ''commedia per musica'' first performed in Naples was chosen as the inaugural work at the [[Teatro Nacional de São Carlos]], Lisbon, in June 1793.<ref>{{cite Grove|last1=Stevenson|first1=Robert|last2=Brito|first2=Manuel Carlos De|id=16751|title=Lisbon (Port. Lisboa)|year=2022}}</ref>

Three weeks after the premiere of ''Il matrimonio segreto'' the emperor Leopold died suddenly. His successor, [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis II]], was less interested in music than Leopold had been, and in 1793, Cimarosa returned to Naples.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=368}} In 1796 he was appointed principal organist of the royal chapel, and he continued to produce new operas and revise older ones. He reworked ''L'italiana in Londra'' and ''I due baroni'', adapting them for local taste by adding sections in Neapolitan dialect. The most important new works from this last phase of his career were ''Le astuzie femminili'' (1794) and two serious operas,'' Penelope'' (1794) and ''[[Gli Orazi e i Curiazi]]'' (1796); the first two of these were composed for Naples, and the last for [[La Fenice]] in Venice.<ref name=works/>

[[File:Palazzo Duodo a Sant'Angelo (Venice).jpg|thumb|Palazzo Duodo, [[Campo Sant'Angelo]], Venice, Cimarosa's last home, where he died]]
During the occupation of Naples by the troops of the [[French First Republic|French Republic]], in 1799 Cimarosa joined the liberal party, but the monarchy was soon restored, and took strong measures against those with liberal or revolutionary connections. Cimarosa was imprisoned along with many of his political friends, and escaped the death sentence only through the intercession of influential admirers,{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=368}} including Cardinals [[Ercole Consalvi|Consalvi]] and [[Fabrizio Ruffo|Ruffo]] and [[Emma, Lady Hamilton|Lady Hamilton]]. He was exiled from Naples, and went to Venice. He was terminally ill by this time, probably with stomach cancer, and he died on 11 January 1801, aged 51, composing until almost the end. His last opera, ''Artemisia'' was left unfinished. A rumour spread that he had been poisoned by agents of the Bourbons, but an [[inquest]] showed it to be unfounded.<ref name=grove/>