1. Benvenuti
(Informazioni Generali/Associazione - Italian - Italy)

... 11.000 MP3's  and 1.100 Midi files famous Operas                                    ...

2. Rossini Gioacchino
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Gioacchino Rossini Image Life Of Rossini's three dozen or so operas, Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) is probably the best known, a treatment of the first play of the ...

3. Albèniz Isaac
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... contemporary Spanish music and created a distinctive style by using national rhythms and harmonies. Although he wrote several operas, including a King Arthur to English words, songs and orchestral works, ...

4. Alfano Franco
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Alfano Franco Image Life Franco Alfano was born in Posillipo, near Naples, on 8 March, 1875. He studied piano in Naples with Alessandro Longo and later attended the Conservatorio ...

5. Dallapiccola, Luigi
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Dallapiccola, Luigi Image Life Luigi Dallapiccola, born 1904, died 1975, is the first Italian to use atonality and he is noted for his operas The Prisoner (1944-48) and Odysseus (1968), ...

6. Albinoni, Tommaso
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Albinoni, Tommaso Image Life Renowned Venetian violinist and prolific composer, Albinoni produced more than 50 operas (Rodrigo in Algeri, 1702) most of which were staged in Venice ...

7. Anglebert, Jean-Henri d’
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... with Lully, excerpts from whose operas and ballets he transcribed for keyboard. Works The four keyboard suites of d’Anglebert, including dances, transcriptions and opening unmeasured preludes, represent ...

8. Arban, Jean-Baptiste
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Arban, Jean-Baptiste Life Born Lyons, 28 Feb 1825, died Paris, 9 Apr 1889, French conductor, pedagogue and cornet player. After leaving the Paris Conservatoire in 1845, he played in salon ...

9. Bach, Johann Christian
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... Emanuel Bach. For four years, J.C. Bach was instructed in music by his older brother, and in Berlin became familiar with Italian operas, and he was  ...

10. Barber, Samuel
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... his String Quartet of 1936. He taught briefly at the Curtis Institute, but soon withdrew, sharing a house with his Works Barber wrote three operas, Vanessa, with a libretto by Menotti, A Hand ...

11. Beethoven, Ludwig van
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... other operas, but eventually only wrote the  ...

12. Bellini, Vincenzo
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... influence was not confined to opera and Chopin owes much to him, particularly in his handling of melody. Although Bellini is remembered chiefly for his highly popular operas, he also composed various ...

13. Berg, Alban
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... and profoundly influenced the music of the 20th century. Works Berg wrote two important operas, Wozzeck, a study of insanity, based on the play by Buechner, and the unfinished Lulu, based on Wedekind. ...

14. Birtwistle, Harrison
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Birtwistle, Harrison (b. 1934) Life Born Accrington, 15 July 1934, English composer. He studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music (1952-5), where Davies and Goehr were fellow students, ...

15. Bizet, George
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... stage works. Works Bizet's last opera, "Carmen", is among the most famous of all operas with its realistic Spanish setting and dramatic intensity. Concert audiences will be familiar with his two ...

16. Blitzstein, Marcus Samuel
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Blitzstein, Marcus Samuel (1905 - 1964) Life Marcus Samuel Blitzstein was born in Philadelphia on March 2nd, 1905, the son of affluent parents. His musical gifts were apparent at an early ...

17. Boito, Arrigo
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra", and provided the composer with the texts for his two Shakespearean operas "Othello" and "Falstaff". He also created the libretto for Ponchielli's "La Gioconda". However Boito ...

18. Bononcini, Giovanni Maria
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Bononcini, Giovanni Maria (1642 - 1678) Life Giovanni Maria (born Montecorone, bap. 23 Sept 1642; died Modena, 18 Nov 1678), a violinist for the Dowager Duchess Laura d'Este, was maestro ...

19. Børresen, Hakon
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... symphonies, a number of small orchestral works, chamber music, and a couple of operas of which "The Royal Guest" - a Danish counterpart to Richard Strauss' conversation opera - became one of the most frequently ...

20. Bortniansky, Dmitri Stepanovich
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Bortniansky, Dmitri Stepanovich (1751 - 1825) Life As a young man, Bortniansky studied with Baldassare Galuppi in St. Petersburg. In 1769, Bortniansky followed Galuppi to Italy (with ...