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https://youtu.be/2VejTwFjwVI Nabucco1841Opera Giuseppe VerdiOperaBorn: 10 October 1813, Le Roncole, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 27 January 1901, Milan, Italy Verdi was an opera composer; born to a provincial family of moderate means he developed a musical education with help of a local patron. He dominated the Italian opera scene after the era of Vincenzo Bellini, Gioachino, Rossini, and … Continue reading Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi
La Danza1835Classical https://youtu.be/2DbwrU3QZsA Gioachino RossiniClassicalBorn: 29 February 1792, Pesaro, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 13 November 1868, Paris, France Rossini was a composer famed for his thirty-nine operas. He also composed songs, chamber music, sacred music, and piano pieces. He set new standards for serious and humorous and retired from large-scale productions while at the height of his … Continue reading La Danza by Gioachino Rossini
Aida1871Opera https://youtu.be/b8rsOzPzYr8 Giuseppe VerdiOperaBorn: 10 October 1813, Le Roncole, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 27 January 1901, Milan, Italy Verdi was an opera composer; born to a provincial family of moderate means he developed a musical education with help of a local patron. He dominated the Italian opera scene after the era of Vincenzo Bellini, Gioachino, Rossini, and … Continue reading Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
Il Trovatore1853Opera https://youtu.be/WEMMVHAINFM Giuseppe VerdiOperaBorn: 10 October 1813, Le Roncole, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 27 January 1901, Milan, Italy Verdi was an opera composer; born to a provincial family of moderate means he developed a musical education with help of a local patron. He dominated the Italian opera scene after the era of Vincenzo Bellini, Gioachino, Rossini, … Continue reading Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi
Semiramide1823Opera https://youtu.be/bTauHYkul3c Gioachino RossiniOperaBorn: 29 February 1792, Pesaro, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 13 November 1868, Paris, France Rossini was a composer famed for his thirty-nine operas. He also composed songs, chamber music, sacred music, and piano pieces. He set new standards for serious and humorous and retired from large-scale productions while at the height of his popularity … Continue reading Semiramide by Gioachino Rossini
Madama Butterfly1898Opera https://youtu.be/IYrbdiee9SU Giacomo PucciniOperaBorn: 22 December 1858, Lucca, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 29 November 1924, Brussels, Belgium Puccini was a composer of opera and has been recognised as the greatest composer of Italian opera since Verdi. His early work was rooted in traditional late 19th-century romantic opera and later he as his work developed, he became … Continue reading Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
O Mio Babbino Caro1917-18Opera https://youtu.be/ZRuYQ9KRJms Giacomo PucciniOperaBorn: 22 December 1858, Lucca, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 29 November 1924, Brussels, Belgium Puccini was a composer of opera and has been recognised as the greatest composer of Italian opera since Verdi. His early work was rooted in traditional late 19th-century romantic opera and later he as his work developed, … Continue reading O Mio Babbino Caro by Giacomo Puccini
Rossini was a composer famed for his thirty-nine operas. He also composed songs, chamber music, sacred music, and piano pieces. He set new standards for serious and humorous opera ...
Purcell was a composer of a uniquely English form of Baroque music ...
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was a composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, and cleric. He is recognised as one of the greatest Baroque composers...
Handel was a Baroque composer who spent most of his career in London, becoming naturalised British in 1727. He was well known for his operas, oratorios, concerti grossi, organ concertos and anthems...
Rossini was a composer famed for his thirty-nine operas. He also composed songs, chamber music, sacred music, and piano pieces. He set new standards for serious and humorous and retired from large-scale productions while at the height of his popularity in his thirties...
Title: Figaro’s Aria Date: 18123 Composer: Gioachino Rossini Movement: Opera Italian Born: 29 February 1792, Pesaro, Italy Died: 13 November 1868, Paris, France
Sung by Luciano Pavarotti https://youtu.be/d_mLFHLSULw Title: O Sole Mio Date: 1898 Composer: Eduardo di Capua and Alfredo Mazzucchi Tenor Vocals: Luciano Pavarotti Opera 1935 – 2007 Luciano Pavarotti was an operatic tenor. He also crossed over into popular music becoming one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time. As one of the finest … Continue reading Eduardo di Capua and Alfredo Mazzucchi: O Sole Mio
https://youtu.be/EQjOaIyh6HQ Title: The Force of Destiny Date: 1862 Composer: Giuseppe Verdi Italian 1813 – 1901
https://youtu.be/s6bSrGbak1g Title: O Mio Babbino Caro Date: 1918 Composer: Giacomo Puccini Italian 1858 – 1924
https://youtu.be/AssDQbaIP_I Giuseppe Verdi Movement: Opera 10 Oct 1813 – 27 Jan 1901
