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Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces. - <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gioachino_Rossini' target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> -
Gaetano Donizetti
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Along with Vincenzo Bellini and Gioachino Rossini, he was a leading composer of bel canto opera. - <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Donizetti' target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> -
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was an Italian opera composer. - <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_Bellini' target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> -
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and polemicist primarily known for his operas (or "music dramas", as they are sometimes called). - <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner' target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> -
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. - <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi' target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> -
Giuseppina Strepponi
Clelia Maria Josepha (Giuseppina) Strepponi (September 8, 1815 – November 14, 1897) was a nineteenth century Italian operatic soprano of great renown and the second wife of composer Giuseppe Verdi. - <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppina_Strepponi' target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> -
Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875) was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory. - <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bizet' target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> -
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire. - <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Puccini' target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>