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Opera Composers and Their Masterpieces

Opera Composers and Their Masterpieces is a comprehensive list of renowned composers who established traditions in Italian, German, and French opera, along with their representative works. It introduces timeless masterpieces and their creators, including Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, and Wagner, whose works continue to be performed worldwide.

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code slug name description nationality period representativeWorks
01 giuseppe-verdi Giuseppe Verdi The master of Italian opera, beloved worldwide for his human dramas and beautiful melodies. Italy 1813-1901 [{"ja":"椿姫","en":"La Traviata","year":"1853"},{"ja":"アイーダ","en":"Aida","year":"1871"},{"ja":"リゴレット","en":"Rigoletto","year":"1851"},{"ja":"ナブッコ","en":"Nabucco","year":"1842"},{"ja":"オテロ","en":"Otello","year":"1887"},{"ja":"ファルスタッフ","en":"Falstaff","year":"1893"}]
02 giacomo-puccini Giacomo Puccini Representative of verismo opera, known for poignant tales of love and death. Italy 1858-1924 [{"ja":"ラ・ボエーム","en":"La Bohème","year":"1896"},{"ja":"トスカ","en":"Tosca","year":"1900"},{"ja":"蝶々夫人","en":"Madama Butterfly","year":"1904"},{"ja":"トゥーランドット","en":"Turandot","year":"1926"},{"ja":"ジャンニ・スキッキ","en":"Gianni Schicchi","year":"1918"}]
03 wolfgang-amadeus-mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The greatest genius in music history, who left numerous opera masterpieces. Austria 1756-1791 [{"ja":"フィガロの結婚","en":"Le Nozze di Figaro","year":"1786"},{"ja":"ドン・ジョヴァンニ","en":"Don Giovanni","year":"1787"},{"ja":"魔笛","en":"Die Zauberflöte","year":"1791"},{"ja":"コジ・ファン・トゥッテ","en":"Così fan tutte","year":"1790"},{"ja":"後宮からの誘拐","en":"Die Entführung aus dem Serail","year":"1782"}]
04 richard-wagner Richard Wagner Founder of music drama, who revolutionized music history with grand musical theater. Germany 1813-1883 [{"ja":"ニーベルングの指環","en":"Der Ring des Nibelungen","year":"1876"},{"ja":"トリスタンとイゾルデ","en":"Tristan und Isolde","year":"1865"},{"ja":"ニュルンベルクのマイスタージンガー","en":"Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg","year":"1868"},{"ja":"ローエングリン","en":"Lohengrin","year":"1850"},{"ja":"タンホイザー","en":"Tannhäuser","year":"1845"},{"ja":"パルジファル","en":"Parsifal","year":"1882"}]
05 gioachino-rossini Gioachino Rossini Master of Italian opera buffa, popular for his light and cheerful comic operas. Italy 1792-1868 [{"ja":"セビリアの理髪師","en":"Il Barbiere di Siviglia","year":"1816"},{"ja":"シンデレラ","en":"La Cenerentola","year":"1817"},{"ja":"ウィリアム・テル","en":"Guillaume Tell","year":"1829"},{"ja":"セビリャの理髪師","en":"The Barber of Seville","year":"1816"}]
06 georges-bizet Georges Bizet Representative of French opera. Carmen is one of the most performed works worldwide. France 1838-1875 [{"ja":"カルメン","en":"Carmen","year":"1875"},{"ja":"採珠師","en":"Les Pêcheurs de Perles","year":"1863"}]
07 gaetano-donizetti Gaetano Donizetti Master of bel canto alongside Bellini, composed over 70 operas. Italy 1797-1848 [{"ja":"ランメルモールのルチア","en":"Lucia di Lammermoor","year":"1835"},{"ja":"愛の妙薬","en":"L'elisir d'amore","year":"1832"},{"ja":"ドン・パスクワーレ","en":"Don Pasquale","year":"1843"}]
08 vincenzo-bellini Vincenzo Bellini Representative of bel canto, characterized by beautiful melodies and long vocal lines. Italy 1801-1835 [{"ja":"ノルマ","en":"Norma","year":"1831"},{"ja":"夢遊病の女","en":"La Sonnambula","year":"1831"},{"ja":"清教徒","en":"I Puritani","year":"1835"}]
09 pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Representative of Russian opera, who left masterpieces in opera as well as symphonies. Russia 1840-1893 [{"ja":"エウゲニ・オネーギン","en":"Eugene Onegin","year":"1879"},{"ja":"スペードの女王","en":"The Queen of Spades","year":"1890"}]
10 richard-strauss Richard Strauss Representative of late Romanticism, who left masterpieces in opera as well as tone poems. Germany 1864-1949 [{"ja":"ばらの騎士","en":"Der Rosenkavalier","year":"1911"},{"ja":"サロメ","en":"Salome","year":"1905"},{"ja":"エレクトラ","en":"Elektra","year":"1909"}]

A list of representative opera composers and their masterpieces in opera history.