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Top 10 Italian Opera Composers of All Time
Opera was born in Italy and the country produced most of its greatest composers. These ten maestros created works that are performed nightly in opera houses worldwide.
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Top 10 Italian Opera Composers of All Time
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The master of Italian opera whose Aida, La Traviata, and Rigoletto define the art form.
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La Bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly made Puccini the king of emotional devastation.
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The Barber of Seville and William Tell established bel canto comedy and spectacle.
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Lucia di Lammermoor's mad scene remains one of the most demanding in all of opera.
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Norma's "Casta Diva" is the purest expression of bel canto melody ever composed.
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The father of opera whose L'Orfeo in 1607 essentially invented the genre.
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Cavalleria Rusticana launched the verismo movement with raw Sicilian passion.
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Pagliacci's "Vesti la giubba" became the first recording to sell a million copies.
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Known for The Four Seasons, Vivaldi also composed over 40 operas in Baroque Venice.
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Il Matrimonio Segreto was such a hit that Emperor Leopold II demanded an immediate encore of the entire opera.
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