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Opera Composers and Their Masterpieces - INI

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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[item.giuseppe-verdi]
code=01
slug=giuseppe-verdi
name=Giuseppe Verdi
description=The master of Italian opera, beloved worldwide for his human dramas and beautiful melodies.
nationality=Italy
period=1813-1901
representativeWorks=[{"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"}]

[item.giacomo-puccini]
code=02
slug=giacomo-puccini
name=Giacomo Puccini
description=Representative of verismo opera, known for poignant tales of love and death.
nationality=Italy
period=1858-1924
representativeWorks=[{"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"}]

[item.wolfgang-amadeus-mozart]
code=03
slug=wolfgang-amadeus-mozart
name=Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
description=The greatest genius in music history, who left numerous opera masterpieces.
nationality=Austria
period=1756-1791
representativeWorks=[{"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"}]

[item.richard-wagner]
code=04
slug=richard-wagner
name=Richard Wagner
description=Founder of music drama, who revolutionized music history with grand musical theater.
nationality=Germany
period=1813-1883
representativeWorks=[{"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"}]

[item.gioachino-rossini]
code=05
slug=gioachino-rossini
name=Gioachino Rossini
description=Master of Italian opera buffa, popular for his light and cheerful comic operas.
nationality=Italy
period=1792-1868
representativeWorks=[{"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"}]

[item.georges-bizet]
code=06
slug=georges-bizet
name=Georges Bizet
description=Representative of French opera. Carmen is one of the most performed works worldwide.
nationality=France
period=1838-1875
representativeWorks=[{"ja":"カルメン","en":"Carmen","year":"1875"},{"ja":"採珠師","en":"Les Pêcheurs de Perles","year":"1863"}]

[item.gaetano-donizetti]
code=07
slug=gaetano-donizetti
name=Gaetano Donizetti
description=Master of bel canto alongside Bellini, composed over 70 operas.
nationality=Italy
period=1797-1848
representativeWorks=[{"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"}]

[item.vincenzo-bellini]
code=08
slug=vincenzo-bellini
name=Vincenzo Bellini
description=Representative of bel canto, characterized by beautiful melodies and long vocal lines.
nationality=Italy
period=1801-1835
representativeWorks=[{"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"}]

[item.pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky]
code=09
slug=pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky
name=Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
description=Representative of Russian opera, who left masterpieces in opera as well as symphonies.
nationality=Russia
period=1840-1893
representativeWorks=[{"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"}]

[item.richard-strauss]
code=10
slug=richard-strauss
name=Richard Strauss
description=Representative of late Romanticism, who left masterpieces in opera as well as tone poems.
nationality=Germany
period=1864-1949
representativeWorks=[{"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"}]