When, at the beginning of the 18th century, the musical baroque in Slovenia moved into its late and most powerful period, the ties with Italy were curtailed. Even as their cultural influence waned in the second half of the 18th century and the German language took hold, the public remained mostly in favor of Italian music. German theater companies also paid attention to Italian opera; since the beginning of the 19th century, they included works of Italian masters (A. M. G. Sacchini, N. Piccini, P. Anfossi, G. Paisiello, D. Cimarosa, G. Sarti, M. de Soler, A. Salieri) in their German programs. The catalog of compositions of the Ljubljana Philharmonic Society for the years 1794-1804 also lists many overtures and vocal compositions by Italian authors (G. Paisiello, D. Cimarosa, F. Paer, G. Gazzaniga, L. Cherubim, S. Pavesi, A. Salieri). Among the foreign composers who stopped in Slovenia during the period of classicism, the Italian creative element is P. Delfiuma, a member of the Bologna Philharmonic Academy, who was the leader of the choir of the Ljubljana Cathedral in 1790-1792. In the years 1820-1835, 16 operas by G. Rossini were performed in the Ljubljana theater, later V. Bellini and G. Donizetti came to the fore. The Philharmonic Society also performed Italian operas, and cerner had an important participation of Italian opera singers, such as M. T. de Sessi, a member of the Venice and Cremona Philharmonic Orchestras, and A. Sartorio from Bologna.