Articles related to "Italian Opera Composer"

The core repertoire for the world's opera houses boasts many Verdi and Puccini creations, and these composers were strikingly different.

Brief biography of Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti, his life, career and list of his major operas. Best known for L'Elisir d'amore and Lucia di Lammermoor.

Traces early Italian opera, including the composers of the period, the major cities, the effect of the Italian way of life, and what it signifies today.

Vincenzo Bellini's brief biography. He is best known for opera Norma and 'bel canto.'

Although, today, few people will have heard of Francesca Caccini, she was a remarkably talented woman who achieved great fame as a singer, musician, teacher, and composer

The composer Gaetano Donizetti, far from being a hack composer of little importance, is a fundamental figure in the development of opera during the nineteenth century.

Ruggero Leoncavallo's brief biography - his life and contribution to Italian opera, in particular, Italian verismo (realism) movement. Contemporary of Puccini.

Pietro Mascagni's brief biography - his life and contribution to Italian opera, in particular, Verismo (Realism) movement. Famous for Cavalleria Rusticana.

Don Carlos, Prince of Asturias and heir to King Philip II of Spain, was a fearful example of the damage wrought by inbreeding in the royal House of Habsburg.