Scognamiglio, Francesco (2010). "Salvatore Fighera". Operisti di Puglia dall'Ottocento ai giorni nostri, pp. 121–122. Edizioni del Sud. ISBN9788875531041(in Italian).
Oronzo (or Oronzio) Fighera (1731–1790) graduated in law c. 1760 from the University of Naples where he studied under Giuseppe Cirillo [it]. After several unsuccessful applications for a professorship at the university, he eventually founded a private law school in Naples which produced a number of distinguished jurists. Between 1766 and 1785, he published three treatises on the law: Institutiones juris regni neapolitani, Elementa juris civilis secundum ordinem institutionum, and Elementa juris ecclesiastici.[6]
Francesco Ricciardi [it], Count of Camaldoli (1758–1842) was a jurist and man of letters who served as the Minister of Justice when Naples was ruled by Joachim Murat. Fighera's cantata La beneficenza premiata was composed for Ricciardi's name day and performed by Ricciardi's daughters, Irene and Lisetta.[10][11]
