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Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including ''La bohème'', ''Tosca'', and ''Madama Butterfly'', are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire. Some of his melodies, such as ''"O mio babbino caro"'' from ''Gianni Schicchi'' and "Nessun dorma" from ''Turandot'', have become part of modern culture. One of the few operatic composers to successfully use both German and Italian techniques of opera, Puccini is regarded... More »
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi was an Italian composer, viol player, and singer. His work marks the transition from Renaissance to Baroque music. During his long life he produced works that can be classified in both genres, and he can be seen as a musical revolutionary. Monteverdi wrote the earliest opera which is still regularly staged, ''L'Orfeo''. More »
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of Italian opera in the 19th century and went well beyond the work of Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini. His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the boundaries of the genre, some of his themes have long since taken root in popular culture - such as "La donna è mobile" from ''Rigoletto'' and "Libiamo ne' lieti... More »
Alessandro Scarlatti
thumb Alessandro Scarlatti was a Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. More »
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed ''Il Prete Rosso'' , was a Venetian priest and baroque music composer, as well as a famous violinist. ''The Four Seasons'', a series of four violin concertos, are his best known works and highly popular Baroque music pieces. More »
Vincenzo Bellini
thumb Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was a Sicilian opera composer. Known for his flowing melodic lines, Bellini was the quintessential composer of Bel canto opera. More »
Francesco Landini
:''For the tractor manufacturer, see Landini (tractor)'' Francesco Landini or Landino was an Italian composer, organist, singer, poet and instrument maker. He was one of the most famous and revered composers of the second half of the 14th century, and by far the most famous composer in Italy. More »
Arrigo Boito
Arrigo Boito was an Italian poet, journalist, novelist and composer, best known today for his opera libretti and his own opera, ''Mefistofele''. More »
Giovanni Paisiello
Giovanni Paisiello , was an Italian composer of the Classical era. Paisiello was born at Taranto, where he attended the Jesuit college. The beauty of his singing voice attracted so much attention that in 1754 he was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at Naples, where he studied under Francesco Durante, and in due course became assistant master. For the theatre of the Conservatorio, which he left in 1763, he wrote some intermezzi, one of which attracted so much notice that he was... More »
Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work and also for his pioneering work in electronic music. More »
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